Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Energy Storage Grand Challenge , a comprehensive program to accelerate the development, commercialization, and utilization of next-generation energy storage technologies.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

Sakuú, the developer of 3D-printed Swift Print solid-state battery technology ( earlier post ), has selected Porsche Consulting, a subsidiary of the automotive manufacturer Porsche, to lead all aspects of design for its planned global gigafactories.

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MARCH 23, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a set of reports— Pathways to Commercial Liftoff —that provide guidance for bringing advanced nuclear, clean hydrogen and long-duration energy storage into the commercial mainstream. have had overnight capital costs over $10,000 per kW.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

In past lithium-air designs, the lithium in a lithium metal anode moves through a liquid electrolyte to combine with oxygen during the discharge, yielding lithium peroxide (Li 2 O 2 ) or superoxide (LiO 2 ) at the cathode. —co-author Rachid Amine More electrons stored means higher energy density. —Kondori et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Sand is emerging as a key ingredient in the race to develop a viable electricity storage system for renewable energies. Australia-based Latent Heat Storage has developed a low cost thermal energy storage system based on the latent heat properties of silicon derived from sand. —Jonathan Whalley.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2017

which designs and develops battery packs for mobile and stationary applications. Brammo began developing and building electric motorcycles in 2007; the company originally developed custom battery modules for electric racing motorcycles that could compete and win against gas equivalents. Cummins Inc. kWh to 100 kWh and 12V to 700V.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Incorporating energy efficiency measures can reduce the amount of storage needed to power the nation’s buildings entirely with renewable energy, according to analysis conducted by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

SDG&E is unveiling the world’s largest lithium-ion battery energy storage facility in partnership with AES Energy Storage , which will enhance regional energy reliability while maximizing renewable energy use. The Advancion Node is the smaller, more manageable building block for Advancion Arrays.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Eos Energy, a provider of safe, scalable, efficient, and sustainable zinc-powered long-duration stationary energy storage systems, announced Project AMAZE (American Made Zinc Energy), a $500-million planned expansion and a significant milestone to build 8 GWh of clean energy storage production capacity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2022

Designed and manufactured in the United States, Proterra’s electric transit buses are equipped with the company’s own battery technology systems. Pace is the transportation backbone of Chicago’s suburbs and one of the largest public bus service operators in North America, serving an area nearly the size of the state of Connecticut.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

an EV battery-repurposing company, is unveiling the Smartville 360 Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) during the RE+ 2023 conference in Las Vegas. Smartville Inc., The Smartville 360 is expected to be installed and operational at Nissan’s Tennessee headquarters by the second quarter of 2024.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2018

MAN Diesel & Turbo Schweiz AG has signed a cooperation agreement with ABB Switzerland for the development, production and commercialization of a three-way energy-storage system. The new Electro-Thermal Energy Storage system (ETES) stores large-scale electricity, heat and cold for distribution to consumers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The next generation Axess EVO-BE will feature 738 kWh of battery energy storage. The battery system and energy storage for the bus are supplied by Proterra Powered, a manufacturer of battery packs for electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2014

to identify and validate new energy storage technologies within the total vehicle system. Johnson Controls will donate and install advanced test equipment and deploy technical resources to the university to propel academic and applied research into optimizing vehicle and battery design.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2014

Scientists at USC have developed a novel water-based Organic Redox Flow Battery (ORBAT) for lower cost, long lasting large-scale energy storage. Since grid-scale electrical energy storage requires hundreds of gigawatt-hours to be stored, the batteries for this application must be inexpensive, robust, safe and sustainable.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2013

has filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware (Petition Nº 13-11153) to enable the reorganization of its business solely around energy storage based on its Li-ion battery systems. Struggling electric vehicle manufacturer CODA Holdings, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2015

AES Energy Storage and LG Chem have entered a multi-year agreement that provides access to a gigawatt-hour (GWh) of lithium-ion battery capacity with the option to procure additional capacity for the AES Advancion energy storage solution. AES and LG Chem have also agreed to collaborate on joint development initiatives.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2023

DTE will operate the core infrastructure of the Mobility Charging Hub—including EV charging solutions, solar canopies, and battery energy storage systems, and will look to partner with third-party operators for value-added services. The program will also serve the dual purpose of supporting passenger vehicle charging.

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MAY 1, 2013

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) awarded a total of $1.4 million to six companies engaged in researching and developing energy storage systems. Funding recipients are all members of the NY Battery and Energy Storage Technology (NY-BEST) Consortium. Eos Energy Storage, $250,000.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 10, 2024

Building in Resilience for the EV Ecosystem An essential prerequisite for the wide-scale adoption of electric vehicles is the availability and reliability of EV infrastructure. Features such as alternative energy sources, backup power systems and energy storage solutions must be present in these locations.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

Albemarle Technology Park is part of our mine-to-market innovation strategy to invest in the US EV battery supply chain and to be a leader in advanced lithium materials for next-generation energy storage. —Kent Masters, Albemarle CEO.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

million in new funding for the continued development of a Li-ion energy storage system for the US Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program. Saft, which is designing and building ultra- high-power cells for the vehicle’s hybrid electric drive system, has already completed the demo battery system including hardware and software.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2022

Coated purified spherical graphite is the predominant anode material for most Li-ion batteries used in EVs and renewable energy storage. Graphex plans that the facility will be capable of delivering up to 15,000 metric tons per annum (TPA) of coated purified spherical graphite and that it will be operational before the end of Q2 2023.

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JULY 9, 2014

million in matching grants from the state’s new Clean Energy Fund to lead energy storage projects with ties to federally funded research at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Puget Sound Energy of Bellevue, Wash., Three Washington state utilities have been awarded $14.3

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Rio Tinto approved a $98-million investment in a new solar plant at the new Koodaideri mine in the Pilbara, Australia, as well as a lithium-ion battery energy storage system to help power its entire Pilbara power network. billion Koodaideri mine was approved in November last year with construction commencing earlier this year.

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AUGUST 26, 2023

The technology group Wärtsilä selected Corvus Energy, the leading provider of zero-emission solutions for the maritime industry, to supply the battery systems for the Incat Tasmania lightweight Ro-Pax ferry. The design is based on the architecture of the 4-year, multi-million development program for the Corvus Blue Whale ESS.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2023

After four years of design, modeling and simulation, a team of 25 people comprising CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), Stellantis and Saft engineers and researchers unveiled an innovative prototype of an energy storage battery that integrates the inverter and charger functions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Wright Spirit aircraft design builds on the BAe 146 platform—a 100 passenger, 4-engine aircraft known for its operation out of noise-sensitive airports. To develop the integrated propulsion system, Wright has assembled a team of companies with expertise in generation, energy storage and propulsion design.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Canadian dry bulk carrier operator CSL has entered into a long-term partnership with Australian cement manufacturer Adbri (formerly Adelaide Brighton Cement) to build and operate a “battery-capable” self-unloading vessel. The 11,000 DWT ship was designed to support the company’s limestone operations in South Australia.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2021

In 2017, Russelectric installed a renewable, hybrid microgrid at its Hingham location, consisting of grid power, a solar photovoltaic power generation system, an energy storage system, and a diesel generator. —Jason Martin, Head of Russelectric.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. The selected projects include advanced battery systems (including flow batteries), flywheels, and compressed air energy systems. Pecan Street Project (TX). 29,561,142.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

a carbon science company engaged in the design and build of energy storage carbon materials, and a battery manufacturing partner will build a high-powered full-scale lithium-ion battery with recycled/upcycled material from an electric car power pack and upcycled anode material from Saint Jean Carbon.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Anovion, with its partners, collaborators and stakeholders, will build 35,000 tons per annum of new synthetic graphite anode material capacity for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and critical energy storage applications. This investment would allow Albemarle to process 8,000 tons per day (2.7

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract to supply and install a large-scale mtu EnergyPack QG battery storage system on a turnkey basis to the Dutch energy company Semper Power in Vlissingen. The order also includes general contractor services, as well as the construction of the building and other infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The UK Government is creating a new “UK Energy Storage R&D Centre” for the advancement of electric and hybrid vehicle batteries. To be based within the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult at the University of Warwick, the center will build on the UK’s research base in electrochemistry. million), the £13-million (US$20.-million)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2012

Saft’s advanced Li-ion energy storage system will support the technology development phase of the US Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program. team which has been awarded a contract for the initial phase of the program, Saft has entered into an agreement to design and build ultra high-power batteries for the vehicle’s.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2011

has been awarded a firm contract with the Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa to supply a one-megawatt ALTI-ESS energy storage system for a test of wind energy integration. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. Earlier post.).

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