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Stanford study quantifies energetic costs of grid-scale energy storage over time; current batteries the worst performers; the need to improve cycle life by 3-10x

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Only about 3% currently is generated from wind, solar, hydroelectric and other renewable sources, with most of the electricity produced in the United States currently coming from coal- and natural gas-fired power plants, followed by nuclear according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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This three-year project incorporates engineering of fleet control, manufacturing and installation of seven 500-kW/6-hour TransFlow 2000 energy storage systems in California, Massachusetts, and New York to lower peak energy demand and reduce the costs of power interruptions. Demonstration of Sodium Ion Battery for Grid Level Applications.

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The world’s only coal-to-nuclear reactor plant just broke ground in Wyoming

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It’s being constructed near the retiring coal-fired Naughton power plant and is the world’s only coal-to-nuclear project under development. TerraPower, which will employ between 200 and 250 people at the Natrium facility, wants to hire the 110 former coal workers to tap into their transferrable skills. Get started here.

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Sodium-ion batteries are set to spark a renewable energy revolution – and Australia must be ready – ET Auto

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But a new way to firm up the world’s electricity grids is fast developing: sodium-ion batteries. Sodium-ion batteries: pros and cons Energy storage collects excess energy generated by renewables, stores it then releases it on demand, to help ensure a reliable supply. Sodium ions are bigger and heavier than lithium ions.

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Sodium-ion batteries are set to spark a renewable energy revolution – and Australia must be ready – ET Auto

Baua Electric

But a new way to firm up the world’s electricity grids is fast developing: sodium-ion batteries. Sodium-ion batteries: pros and cons Energy storage collects excess energy generated by renewables, stores it then releases it on demand, to help ensure a reliable supply. Sodium ions are bigger and heavier than lithium ions.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Energy Efficient Capture of CO 2 from Coal Flue Gas. DOE grant: $7,200,000). DOE grant: $3,111,693).

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US DOE Issues Request for Information on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Market Development; Reports to Congress on Program

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Completing installation and initial testing of a system that directly integrates wind-based electric-power generation and water electrolysis, reducing and simplifying power conditioning between the wind turbine and the electrolyzer and resulting in a significantly reduced hydrogen production cost. per gge (assuming widespread deployment).