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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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As the percentage of electricity supply from wind and solar increases, grid operators will need to employ strategies and technologies, including energy storage, to balance supply with demand given the intermittency of the renewable supply. When demand is high, the water is released through turbines that generate electricity.

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Researchers develop new catalysts for a direct Fischer-Tropsch to olefins (FTO) process

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using catalysts that constitute iron nanoparticles (promoted by sulfur plus sodium) homogeneously dispersed on weakly interactive ?-alumina Although Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) synthesis can convert coal-, biomass-, and natural gas-derived synthesis gas into hydrocarbon derivatives, selectivity toward lower olefins tends to be low.

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

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Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Deploy and evaluate an 8 MW utility-scale lithium-ion battery technology to improve grid performance and aid in the integration of wind generation into the electric supply. Demonstration of Sodium Ion Battery for Grid Level Applications. Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project.

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WHO links 7 million premature deaths annually to air pollution; 12.5% of total global deaths

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WHO says that the new data reveal a stronger link between both indoor and outdoor air pollution exposure and cardiovascular diseases, such as strokes and ischemic heart disease (an insufficient supply of blood—and thus oxygen—to the heart), as well as between air pollution and cancer. Sulfur dioxide.

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

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Water (1 project). 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. (DOE Energy Efficient Capture of CO 2 from Coal Flue Gas. ENERGY STORAGE.

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