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U Alberta team develops hybrid sodium-ion capacitor; intermediate in energy & power between ultracaps and batteries

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A team led by researchers from the University of Alberta (Canada) Scientists has developed a hybrid sodium-ion capacitor (NIC) using active materials in both the anode and the cathode derived entirely from peanut shells—a green and highly economical waste globally generated at more than 6 million tons per year. Scanned from 1.5–4.2

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U Waterloo team identifies key reaction in sodium-air batteries; implications for improving Li-air

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Chemists at the University of Waterloo have identified the key reaction that takes place in sodium-air batteries. Understanding how sodium-oxygen batteries work has implications for developing the more powerful lithium-oxygen battery, which has been proposed by some as the “holy grail” of electrochemical energy storage.

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BC Hydro and SC Electric Company partner on sodium-sulfur battery energy storage project

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BC Hydro has selected S&C Electric Company, a renewable energy integration company, for a sodium-sulfur (NaS) battery energy storage project intended to improve service reliability for a remote mountain community in British Columbia. This integrated solution optimizes total system efficiency and reliability for the community.

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Ceramatec licensing molten sodium technology for heavy oil upgrading; removing the need for diluent for bitumen

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Flowchart of Molten Sodium Upgrading process. The technology, developed by Ceramatec and managed by the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), has been licensed to Western Hydrogen of Calgary for upgrading bitumen or heavy oil from Canada. Source: Field Upgrading. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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SDTC awards Canada Lithium up to $6.5M for lithium metal pilot plant

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Canada Lithium Corp. million from the Government of Canada through Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). If the pilot plant proves a success, Canada Lithium could potentially commence construction of a 2,000-tonne-per-annum lithium metal plant, perhaps as early as Q4 2014.

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First Cobalt announces positive feasibility results for Canadian cobalt refinery expansion; first NA producer of battery-grade cobalt sulfate

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announced positive results from an independent feasibility study conducted on its permitted cobalt refinery in Ontario, Canada. Sodium Treatment. The First Cobalt Refinery is a hydrometallurgical cobalt refinery located north of Toronto, Canada. Ausenco Engineering Canada Inc. First Cobalt Corp. Capital Requirements.

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$26M project implementing new process for extracting hemicellulose from wood chips at Cascades plant

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Canada-based Cascades Inc., The project, worth a total of $26 million, is backed by a $10-million investment from Natural Resources Canada’s Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program and an additional $4.4 million from the Québec Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs.

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