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NYSERDA awards $1.4M to 6 projects for advanced energy storage technologies; Electromotive and Ioxus for heavy-duty hybrids

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This is the second of three rounds of funding to help members of NY-BEST move promising technologies toward commercialization. Bettergy plans to improve and demonstrate a low-cost zinc air-flow battery that could be used for grid storage applications, including storing renewable electricity. Bettergy Corp.,

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Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

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We are transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, and the use of energy storage is becoming more widespread. Just like we put food in the refrigerator, we can store it for days or weeks without eating it immediately or discarding it. So what exactly is energy storage? Mechanical storage.

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Zinc8 Energy Solutions creates wholly owned US Subsidiary in New York State

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presence in New York State is a logical next step as we advance towards full commercialization over the next 24 months. With the rechargeable zinc-air flow battery technology, the system can be configured to support a wide range of long-duration applications for microgrids and utilities. market for our technology.

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How to Hasten India’s Transition Away From Coal

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Fossil fuels dominate even though renewable energy generation in many parts of the world now. As renewable energy has steadily gotten cheaper, the installed capacity has grown, to 110 gigawatts. The government of India has set a target of 450 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030. costs less than fossil-fuel-based electricity.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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