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Hydro-Québec and Technifin form partnership to license lithium titanate spinel oxide (LTO) technologies for Li-ion battery applications

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The Hydro-Québec/Technifin LTO patents comprise two separate groups of patent rights affording extensive worldwide protection for LTO technology.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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The platform will have algorithms that analyze applicants’ creditworthiness and their eligibility for EV incentives in order to offer them the most affordable EV auto loan on the market. rechargeable battery?technology?that Innovasion Labs PINC, Inc. is developing a?rechargeable technology?that the cost of energy storage?by

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Top 5 Promising Technological Developments In The Electric Vehicle Sector

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Along with sodium-based alternatives, could soon supplant the seemingly obsolete lithium-ion battery. #2. Having a good infrastructure for recharging electric cars very important to increase electric vehicle mobility globally. Improvement in charging technology.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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The project will evaluate a wider range of applications for lithium-ion batteries that will spur broader demand for the technology, bringing production to a scale that will make this form of large energy storage more affordable. Demonstration of Sodium Ion Battery for Grid Level Applications. 24,978,264. 53,510,209. 12,392,120. .

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Sadoway and MIT team demonstrate calcium-metal-based liquid metal battery

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MIT professor Donald Sadoway and his team have demonstrated a long-cycle-life calcium-metal-based liquid-metal rechargeable battery for grid-scale energy storage, overcoming the problems that have precluded the use of the element: its high melting temperature, high reactivity and unfavorably high solubility in molten salts. Ouchi et al.

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain

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Robert Privette: Rechargeable batteries are among the building blocks for the green energy transition. Initiatives like the development of a so-called battery passport will ultimately enable consumers to make educated purchase decisions, and such tools will help stimulate the regional supply chain for rechargeable batteries.

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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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flow battery chemistry to develop an efficient and affordable. Advanced Sodium Battery. MSRI will design advanced sodium battery membranes that. Rechargeable Multivalent Batteries from Common Metals. Rechargeable Multivalent Batteries from Common Metals. Vanadium flow batteries for grid-scale energy storage.