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Cummins invests $24M in flow battery leader VoltStorage

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By investing in VoltStorage, we are taking steps to advance solutions focused on the grid and energy storage. Headquartered in Munich, VoltStorage was founded in 2016 by Jakob Bitner, Michael Peither and Felix Kiefl. —Jennifer Rumsey, President and COO, Cummins. Each battery cell is enclosed by two bipolar plates.

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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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BIT:ENI) recently unveiled what has been hailed as the most ambitious climate pledge yet by an oil supermajor. But Total is not just content to compete in the traditional renewable energy arena of wind and solar but is also giving Tesla Inc. NASDAQ:TSLA) a run for its money thanks to its 2016 acquisition of battery company Saft.

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2016 Audi A3 Sportback e-tron PHEV starting at $37,900 in US

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US prices for the 2016 A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid electric vehicle ( earlier post )—the first of many Audi e-tron models destined to come to the US—will begin at $37,900. The 2016 A3 Sportback e-tron features a 1.4 Automatic dual-zone climate control. Plug-in hybrid system. LED interior lighting package.

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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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Other areas of energy transition investment also showed strength. Domestic installation of energy-efficient heat pumps came to $50.8 billion, up 12%, while investment in stationary energy storage technologies such as batteries was $3.6 We need to be talking about trillions per year if we are to meet climate goals.

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MIT team reexamines rates of Li-ion cost decline

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The representative series of cylindrical cell prices has an annual decrease ratio of 0.14 (for 1991 through 2016) while that for all types of cells has a ratio of 0.13 (for 1991 through 2018). Understanding this potential can inform critical climate change mitigation strategies, including public policies and technology development efforts.

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Tesla donates $3.1M of $6M grant to Jeff Dahn’s Dalhousie University battery team

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million to help develop advanced batteries from electric cars and grid energy storage. Dahn and Tesla have worked together since 2016 when the two signed a five-year partnership to improve energy density and the life cycle of lithium-ion batteries. Tesla and Dahn signed another five-year contract earlier this year.

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Applications open for the fifth Volkswagen and BASF “Science Award Electrochemistry”; new special award for applied research

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Applications are due by 12 August 2016. The award ceremony takes place in Berlin on 21 November 2016. The international “Science Award Electrochemistry” supports excellent scientific and engineering achievements and intends to provide fresh impetus to the development of high-efficiency energy storage devices.