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APRIL 29, 2022

The new capital will be used to support FreeWire’s growth plans as the company accelerates commercial deployments of its battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging technology and increases manufacturing capacity to meet growing global customer demand, including high priority markets such as the UK, Canada, Japan, and Australia/New Zealand.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2012

AES Gener and AES Energy Storage have selected Parker-Hannifin to supply advanced battery energy storage systems for their new Cochrane power station. AES Gener and AES Energy Storage have previously developed energy storage projects at the Norgener and Angamos power stations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

China dominates BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking in 2020, having quickly surpassed Japan and Korea that were leaders for the majority of the previous decade. In 2020, Japan and Korea rank number two and three respectively. —James Frith, BNEF’s head of energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

(MHI), jointly with SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc), will begin an energy storage system demonstration project using the power grid in the UK’s Orkney Islands, which has a high proportion of renewable energy generation in relation to demand. In the project, Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

(NKE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the development and sales of Electrovaya’s integrated advanced battery storage systems for both stationary power and smart grid systems applications, initially targeted for the Japanese market. NKE is a leading manufacturer of power distribution equipment.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2021

Based in the United Kingdom, Connected Energy uses end-of-life EV batteries to create energy storage systems. These combine as many batteries as are needed for tailor-made solutions with capacity ranging from less than 100 kilowatt hours up to 15 megawatt hours or more.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2016

Battery cost reductions, government funding programs and utility tenders led to a 45% increase in the global energy storage pipeline in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2015 compared to the previous quarter. the global pipeline of planned battery and flywheel projects had reached 1.6 According to IHS Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2015

Nissan Motor Company and Green Charge Networks, a provider of commercial energy storage, are partnering to deploy second-life Li-ion vehicle batteries for stationary commercial energy storage in the US and international markets. General availability is targeted for Q4 2015. formed in 2010. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2015

Toshiba Corporation has received an order to supply a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) for a power frequency regulation project in Hamilton, Ohio. The project will be carried out by Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas and Renewable Energy Systems Americas, a US renewable energy developer.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

launched its lithium-ion energy storage system for home usage. The battery stores power from the grid or from solar panels and stores it for later household use. We’re expecting this product to be very popular in places like Germany and Japan as they move away from nuclear power towards sustainable alternative energy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2012

GS Battery (USA) Inc., , the US subsidiary of Japan-based battery maker GS Yuasa, announced the deployment of its Hybrid Energy System (HES) for renewable energy storage and EV charging. —Jeff Hires, Engineering Manager, GS Battery and the HES designer.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

MHI), has developed Japan’s first cargo container-type large-capacity energy storage system using Li-ion batteries. Japan’s first container-type large-capacity energy storage system using lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., (MHI), Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2015

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have become the dominant new technology in grid storage, capturing a 90% share of systems proposed last year, according to analysts at Lux Research. Globally, as of January 2015, 1,100 MW and 2,523 MWh of grid storage have been deployed across 605 projects.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2011

MHI) has delivered a large-capacity Li-ion battery energy storage system to the Shimizu Institute of Technology in Tokyo. The energy storage system, which is capable of 100 kW output with 60 kWh capacity, is currently one of the largest indoor lithium-ion battery-based systems in Japan.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Working with Fermata Energy, a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems company, Nissan North America is launching a new pilot program under the Nissan Energy Share initiative which leverages bi?directional Leading the industry, Nissan has also received certification for second-life LEAF batteries to be used in stationary energy storage.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 19, 2021

Tesla appears to be making a play for Japan’s energy sector, with recent reports stating that the company is looking to provide local power companies with large battery storage and energy management systems. Tesla, for its part, has remained silent about its battery storage push in Japan.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel is partnering with the real estate arm of Japan’s industrial trading giant, ITOCHU Corporation, to develop and produce the advanced battery systems for a residential smart grid energy storage project to be installed in a major apartment building near Tokyo.

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Electra Vehicles

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) innovations are quickly overtaking the electric vehicle and CleanTech conversations worldwide as OEMs and grid companies alike search for solutions to common EV and energy issues. Big Data for Local V2G Smart Grids KALUZA. Global V2G Software and Energy Storage MOIXA.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2018

Exide Industries Ltd, India’s largest manufacturer of lead acid storage batteries and power storage solutions provider, and Switzerland-based Li-ion battery manufacturer Leclanché SA announced a joint venture to build lithium-ion batteries and provide energy storage systems for India’s electric vehicle market and grid-based applications.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2011

has introduced two new lithium-ion battery modules—LIM50E-7G and LIM50E-8G—targeted at applications including utility grid ancillary support, community energy storage, industrial electric vehicles, telecommunications back-up power and others. GS Yuasa Lithium Power, Inc. Nominal capacity.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2011

Researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences report that a 2 kW vanadium redox flow battery under development there for grid storage has been in operation for 1,429 days as of 4 June, with a total running time of more than 34,000 hours and 10,000 charge/discharge cycles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

Schematic of a redox flow battery. Sandia researchers have developed a new family of electrochemically reversible, metal-based ionic liquid (MetILs) that could lead to non-aqueous redox (reducing-oxidizing) flow-battery energy storage systems ( earlier post ) able to cost-effectively store three times more energy than today’s batteries.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JULY 15, 2021

In the previous few years, India has doubled its imports of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and more than tripled its import cost. According to the Union Science Ministry, Indian imports of such batteries decreased to $450 million in 2019-2020 after gradually growing in recent years to $712 million. TDS Lithium-ion Battery Pvt.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2018

China will account for more than 60% of the world’s production of wet-process separators for Li-ion batteries, with more than 10 billion square meters capacity, according to China-based market intelligence firm CCM. Separators are a key element in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries with liquid electrolytes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2011

Example of a lithium-water rechargeable battery. Researchers at the University of Texas, including Dr. John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. The present sodium-sulfur battery operates above 300 °C.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2014

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have devised an alloying strategy that enables sodium-beta batteries to operate at significantly lower temperatures. The new electrode enables sodium-beta batteries to last longer, helps streamline their manufacturing process and reduces the risk of accidental fire.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2009

A consortium of Japanese firms, including Hitachi and Toshiba, is expected to construct a small smart grid project in the US that could be operational by the end of 2010. Construction of the grid is to begin around October in an undetermined New Mexico city with about 1,000 families. unit Fuji Electric Systems Co.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2015

This transformational acquisition brings Electrovaya best-in-class manufacturing, experienced management and a strong technical team, with the manufacturing capacity to enable Electrovaya to bid on larger energy storage system opportunities worldwide. Regulations are becoming more stringent in Japan, Europe and North America.

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Electric Vehicles India

APRIL 6, 2021

Low-cost 5V dual carbon battery development for EV . A 5V Dual Carbon Battery that uses self-standing carbon fibre mats as both electrodes such as cathode and anode has been developed by the Electrochemical Energy Storage Lab at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH). A research group led by Surendra K.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2010

Lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel has been selected to provide the heavy-duty battery systems used to power Japan’s first lithium-ion-powered electric bus. The vehicle was converted by Tokyo R&D, and is scheduled to hit the streets on regular local routes in Toyama, a coastal city located on the Sea of Japan.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

MHI) has completed the construction of a commercial test plant for lithium-ion secondary batteries at its Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works. The plant has a production capacity of 66 MWh of batteries a year, which is equivalent to 400,000 medium-size cells. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Large-format lithium-ion battery maker Ener1, Inc. At the recent LA Auto Show, Fisker CEO Henrik Fisker said that his company would announce the provider of their battery packs by the end of the year.) Ener1 battery packs are also being tested by the US Department of Defense in a prototype hybrid Humvee. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2009

and Sumitomo Corporation are planning to initiate a business venture to “Reuse, Resell, Refabricate and Recycle” (4R) lithium-ion batteries previously used in electric cars, giving them a second-life as energy-storage solutions in markets worldwide. Leveling of energy from both photovoltaic solar and wind power.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

However, there will be less of an impact on markets with limited uptake of Chinese turbines such as Japan and South Korea, which focus more on domestic supply chains. But while low costs support a continued boom in renewables investments, there is concern among investors on profitability, grid integration, backup, and energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2015

Tesla Motor’s Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel signed a 5-year research agreement with Dalhousie University’s Jeff Dahn, Li-ion battery researcher with the Faculty of Science, and his group of students, postdoctoral researchers and technical staff. Fundamental studies of safety of Na-ion and Li-ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2013

In a project co-funded by the US Department of Energy and managed by Ecotality North America, the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) has demonstrated the durability of lead-carbon batteries in the high-rate, partial state-of-charge operation of a hybrid electric vehicle. The battery capacity was 7.54

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Tesla’s Megapack power storage systems are being deployed around much of the world, effectively offering massive batteries for storing energy from renewable sources such as solar or wind energy. a Panasonic test site in Japan and elsewhere. Updated 1:36 p.m.

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