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Toshiba to supply Lithium-titanate battery for 2MW energy storage system project in UK; 1MWh SCiB

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Toshiba Corporation will supply the battery for the United Kingdom’s first 2MW scale lithium-titanate battery based Energy Storage System (ESS) to support grid management. The company’s 1MWh SCiB battery will be installed in a primary substation in central England in September.

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Moscow adding another 115 ultra-fast charging stations for electric buses

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Currently there are 202 charging structure in the city; Moscow will install another 115 ultra-fast charging stations for electric buses. Modern lithium-titanate batteries are used as energy storage devices in the electric buses. Moscow is now actively developing its charging infrastructure for electric buses.

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Opbrid Introduces New Overhead Fast-Charging System for Buses; Leveraging Lithium Titanate (nLTO) Battery Technology for Rapid Charge Hybrids

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Based on technology from the European rail industry, and leveraging the rapid charge capability of nanotechnology Lithium Titanate (nLTO) technology batteries such as those from Altair Nano, the Bůsbaar is a high power (~250 kW) opportunity charging station that rapidly charges a bus at one or both ends of its route.

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Invenergy and Xtreme Power launch JV for 1.5 MW grid energy storage system

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The energy storage installation, located at Invenergy’s Grand Ridge Wind project site in La Salle County, will supply clean, renewable power to the new frequency response market administered by regional transmission organization PJM. Xtreme Power’s 1.5

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Altairnano to supply 10 MW Energy Storage System to INE in El Salvador

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(INE), one of El Salvador’s largest electric generation utilities, to provide a turnkey 10 MM ALTI-ESS advanced li-ion battery system for frequency control. The ALTI-ESS uses Altairnano’s patented lithium-titanate battery chemistry for its energy storage system, which has been in commercial operation for approximately two years.

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Altairnano to provide 2MW Li-ion storage system for solar project in Puerto Rico

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The batteries are housed in a standard 40-foot container that also includes fire safety, heating and cooling, and computer systems necessary to operate the system. Altairnano will deliver, install and commission the system before 31 December 2012. Altair was selected by by Uriel Renewables Inc.

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Mitsubishi Motors selects Toshiba SCiB for EVs

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has selected Toshiba Corporation’s SCiB battery ( earlier post ) to power two new models of electric vehicles (EV), the i-MiEV and MINICAB-MiEV. In July 2010, the two companies had announced they were working together to bring the SCiB batteries to EVs. Earlier post.). The SCiB supports 2.5