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Faradion and Phillips 66 to develop lower cost and higher-performing sodium-ion battery materials

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UK-based Faradion, a developer of sodium-ion battery technology ( earlier post ), and Phillips 66 have launched a new technical collaboration to develop lower-cost and higher-performing anode materials for sodium-ion batteries.

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Researchers synthesize battery cathode from lignin derivatives

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Widespread application of electrical power storage may require more abundant materials than those available in inorganics (which often require rare metals), and at a lower cost. Materials for charge storage are desired from easily accessible and renewable sources.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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In July, the DOE announced that ARPA-E had received approximately 3,500 submissions for the approximately $150 million available as part of the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000065) released 27 April 2009. Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. Earlier post.)

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New Li-S battery shows cycle performance comparable to that of Li-ion batteries along with more than double the energy density

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A team of researchers in South Korea and Italy has demonstrated a highly reliable lithium–sulfur battery showing cycle performance comparable to that of commercially available lithium-ion batteries while offering more than double the energy density. Credit: ACS, Lee et al. Click to enlarge. 1 and 2500 Wh kg ?1. —Lee et al.

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

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A full list by state of the all the projects is available here. Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio). Notrees Wind Storage. Amber Kinetics Flywheel Energy Storage Demonstration. 21,806,232. 43,612,464.