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Texas awards $3.2M in EV infrastructure grants to Plano-Based Universal EV Chargers

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Texas-based Universal EV Chargers has been awarded $3.2 Universal EV Chargers has also won grants in Ohio, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. million in grants to provision and install 105 electric vehicle (EV) charging ports in 21 locations around the state of Texas.

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Stanford’s GCEP awards $10.5M for research on renewable energy; solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy

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The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $10.5 million for seven research projects designed to advance a broad range of renewable energy technologies, including solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy. Photo-electrochemically rechargeable zinc-air batteries.

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DOE awards Eaton $4.9M to develop low-cost fast-charging solution; solid-state transformer, modular chargers

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As part of the award, Eaton is leading the project with partners including the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), North Carolina State University (NCSU), University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), ITC Holdings, and CALSTART. Eaton, NCSU and Pitt are collaborating on the technical development of the solid-state transformer.

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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

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And today, technology is maturing to the point that meaningful amounts of these energy giveaways can be harvested to liberate wearables from ever needing a battery. The best-known wearable energy-harvesting tech today is, of course, solar, which pulls down electrons from sunlight or ambient light. But solar is just the opening gambit.

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BioSolar begins development of high-energy anode technology

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BioSolar, a developer of energy storage technology and materials, has begun development of a high energy anode for current- and next-generation lithium batteries. BioSolar expects its anode to be compatible with existing battery manufacturing processes, thereby enabling seamless integration and speedy adoption. Earlier post.).

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Startup Blue Current seeking to commercialize non-flammable fluorinated electrolytes for Li-ion batteries

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) battery scientist Nitash Balsara and co-inventor Joseph DeSimone of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have launched Blue Current , a startup company backed by investment firm Faster LLC, to commercialize their non-flammable electrolytes for Li-ion batteries.

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Letting in the Light

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North Carolina chapter spawns an LEV training business. Smith had introduced LEVs at DiscoverE programs in Central North Carolina middle and high schools. I took some surplus parts and motorcycle batteries… it was definitely Rube Goldberg style,” Smith explained.

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