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New MIT metal-mesh membrane could solve longstanding problems with liquid metal displacement batteries; inexpensive grid power storage

Green Car Congress

Sadoway considers this development a breakthrough, because for the first time in five decades, this type of battery—the advantages of which include cheap, abundant raw materials, very safe operational characteristics, and an ability to go through many charge-discharge cycles without degradation—could finally become practical.

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Nissan and Endesa collaborating to deliver vehicle-to-grid systems to market

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The two companies have agreed to collaborate on the following activities: Introduction of V2G services in the European market; Exploring the use of second-life EV batteries for stationary applications (including households, buildings, grid); and.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

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Why, simple the US embraced Fracking to produce bountifully supplies of cheap gas. OfGem started to do this well and we now have an abundance of retailers you can select as your power company. Then we, actually Terresa May, fell for a socialist pitch from Ed Miliband to cap power prices. Expect plenty of company failures.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

“If any energy company ignores the long-term impact on future fossil-fuel-backed energy sales, they will be in for a shock.&# So how do energy companies cope with such upheaval? “It took a company from a completely different sector to step in and take control of things ? . but not all of it.

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