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Unifrax to build large-scale silicon fiber anode manufacturing line

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SiFAB is a proprietary silicon anode battery technology developed by Unifrax which enables significantly greater energy density in lithium-ion battery systems than prevailing technologies. These tax credits are performance-based, meaning the company is eligible to claim incentives once Indiana residents are hired.

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Tesla builds world's largest lithium-ion battery, for utility use, in Australia

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a bet that he'd build the world's largest lithium-ion battery in Australia in 100 days. If his company failed, Musk would personally pay for the project, but the battery is now ready for its first test ahead of full operation—and on schedule.

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Mitsubishi Heavy to Enter Lithium-ion Secondary (Rechargeable) Battery Business

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(MHI) has decided to build a commercial production verification plant in Nagasaki Prefecture and launch its operation by autumn 2010 in a move toward the company’s full-scale entry into the lithium-ion secondary (rechargeable) battery market.

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Li-ion Supplier Saft Partners with Apollo Solar on US DOE Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS) Project

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Saft is supplying a lithium-ion battery system to provide energy storage for one of the Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS) projects funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems concept paper (2007). Earlier post.).

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Consumers Think Renewable Energy Inadequate for EV Charging

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The Future of Alternative Energy and EV Charging It is also worth noting EVs will become increasingly efficient between now and then. Improvements in lithium-ion battery production provide maximum battery uptime as new technologies extend their range and charging times. However, it is more viable than many consumers believe.

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DuPont Introduces New Separators for Li-ion Batteries

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DuPont has introduced a nanofiber-based polymeric battery separator that boosts the performance and safety of lithium-ion batteries. The company has begun construction on a facility in Chesterfield County, Va., The company has begun construction on a facility in Chesterfield County, Va., and Seoul, South Korea.

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131. ELECTRIFYING EVERYTHING IN THE 2020s

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Lithium-ion batteries will power more applications — electrification of everything: The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry highlights the progress lithium-ion batteries achieved in the past four decades. Automotive companies and their supply chain are inexorably transforming.