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EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

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billion in 17 large-scale innovative clean-tech projects with a third round of awards under the Innovation Fund. Manufacturing of components for energy storage or renewables production (3 projects): In Poland, a project will create a manufacturing plant of innovative electrochemical battery systems to provide short-term electricity storage.

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DOE announces 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

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Lithium, a critical material used in high-charge-density batteries for electric vehicles and grid-scale electricity storage, is a crucial element in the clean energy supply chain. Texas Tech University – Tech Desal. Nearly all of the US lithium stock is imported. Oregon State University – Espiku.

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Archer, NASA link-up on future AAM uses starts with enhanced battery capacities

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Air taxi developer Archer Aviation has announced a new partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which will initiate their mutual research into future advanced air mobility (AAM) applications with what they see as the lynchpin of the new tech’s performance – powerful but safe batteries.

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Update on ALTe; EREV powertrain company tracking for production-caliber units by December, production ramp in 1Q 2013

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ALTe is in long-term supply agreements with battery maker A123 Systems and electric motor supplier Remy. In the higher tech world, we are actively pioneering in cooperating with National Semiconductor to do cell management at the cell level, to put our own battery management system in trucks. —John Thomas.

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Hyundai Introduces New Tucson/ ix35 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle

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Fuel cell engineers at the company’s Eco-Tech Research and Development Centre in Mabuk, Korea have succeeded in taking complex arrays of components and combining them into simpler modules, improving production scalability. Battery power. Advances in modularization which simplifies final assembly. Hyundai Tucson/ix35 FCEV.

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Alpine 100% electric A110 E-ternité prototype debuts at French Formula 1 Grand Prix; batteries fore and aft

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The battery modules are identical to those of the 100% electric Mégane E-Tech. However, to achieve optimum weight distribution and to accommodate the twelve battery modules, it was necessary to design specific battery casings for the A110 and to adapt the internal architecture. Fr: 50 N/mm / Rr: 130 N/mm.

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The Role of Power Utilities in Turning EVs into a Grid Asset – Part 2

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In circumstances when supply is limited and time constraints apply, such as supporting on demand fast and superfast charging in the highway corridor, local solar energy generation and battery storage can fill in shortfalls from the grid. The battery can “tell” the grid how much power is available in its battery.

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