Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2014

Researchers at the University of Maryland, with colleagues at the University of Illinois at Chicago, report on a new method for expanding graphite for use as a superior anode for sodium-ion batteries in a paper in Nature Communications. Sodium (Na) is an earth-abundant and inexpensive element, and shares many properties with lithium.

Sodium 210

Sodium Li-ion Maryland Batteries 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio). Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Center for the Commercialization of Electric Technologies (TX). Beacon Power Corporation (MA). Notrees Wind Storage.

Energy Storage 270

Energy Storage Grid Energy Wind 270

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The projects selected are grouped into 10 areas: Energy Storage (6 projects). Renewable Power (4 projects). ENERGY STORAGE. Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. Low Cost, High Energy and Power Density, Nanotube-Enhanced Ultracapacitors. Water (1 project).

Energy 231

Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion 231