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BNEF ups forecast for global investment in stationary energy storage, sees majority of capacity likely to be grid-scale

Green Car Congress

BNEF projects that it will be made possible by further sharp declines in the cost of lithium-ion batteries, on top of an 85% reduction in the 2010-18 period. This is a new era of dispatchable renewables, based on new contract structures between developer and grid. —Logan Goldie-Scot, head of energy storage at BNEF.

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Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

Cars That Think

Recent years have seen the construction of large lithium-ion battery farms that do just that. But even energy-dense lithium-ion batteries have limitations, says Xiaobing Liu , who leads the Thermal Energy Storage Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It’s a rare material, and lots of places need batteries,” Liu said.

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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This year’s outlook is the first to highlight the significant impact that falling battery costs will have on the electricity mix over the coming decades. BNEF predicts that lithium-ion battery prices, already down by nearly 80% per megawatt-hour since 2010, will continue to tumble as electric vehicle manufacturing builds up through the 2020s.

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EV Guru: Sodium-Ion Batteries are Coming Sooner Than You think!

Plug In India

By Kamlesh & Raphae Every major automaker has announced plans to build Lithium-Ion battery gigafactories. So there is a lot of Lithium out there, even if we continue to use Lithium-Ion batteries for the next 20 years, we are good. On discharge, the sodium ions return from the anode to the cathode.

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review: Plug-in SUV saves money, comes at a cost

EV Central

litre combustion petrol engine allied with twin electric motors, a 20kWh lithium-ion battery pack and all-wheel-drive. Ergo, it’ll take you a very long time and lots of kilometres to recoup the cost if you were hoping to save money on fuel. How’s the cost of ownership? Is it good value? Pretty compelling.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

Recent developments in lithium ion batteries, and the consequential range improvements of EVs has significantly dampened enthusiasm for hydrogen fuel cells. The electron flow goes via the car’s lithium-ion battery, in essence keeping it charged, and recombines with the protons and oxygen at the cathode.

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ECE / Featured / Hybrid & Electric / Themes / Welcome - Minds in Motion

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vehicles run on lithium ion batteries which, using specialist, high-power charging equipment, can be can be fast charged in less than fifteen minutes. The cost of ownership for EVs is still quite high. The cost of batteries is not a problem when this is organized in the right way.

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