article thumbnail

DOE awarding $73.9M to 10 battery recycling projects

Green Car Congress

Adaptive Second-Use Battery Utilization with Different Degradation Levels for EV Charging Stations and Power Grid Support and Resiliency. The University of Alabama. Development and Scaling Up of the Purification and Regeneration Integrated Materials Engineering (PRIME) Process for Cathodes Direct Recycling and Upcycling.

article thumbnail

DOE provides $65M for “connected communities” of buildings powered to transform electric system

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $65 million through its Connected Communities funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to expand DOE’s network of grid-interactive efficient building communities nationwide. ( optimizing for energy cost, grid services, and occupant needs and preferences, in a continuous and integrated way.

Connect 243
article thumbnail

Study IDs two compressed air energy storage methods, sites for the Northwest

Green Car Congress

These plants can also switch between energy storage and power generation within minutes, providing flexibility to balance the region’s highly variable wind energy generation throughout the day. About 13%, or nearly 8,600 megawatts, of the Northwest’s power supply comes from of wind.

article thumbnail

Ford Selects Johnson Controls-Saft for PHEV Battery Supplier in 2012; Adds 7 Utilities to PHEV Test Program

Green Car Congress

Ford is providing Escape PHEVs for real world road testing to its new research and utility partners around the country, including: New York Power Authority. American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio. Alabama Power of Birmingham, Ala.; National Grid of Waltham, Mass. Consolidated Edison of New York. Earlier post.).

PHEV 150
article thumbnail

DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. University of Alabama. type Hexaferrite The University of Alabama led team will demonstrate.

Energy 294