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Maxwell Technologies to receive more than $500K in funding for collaborative energy storage programs

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a leading producer of ultracapacitor-based energy storage products, will receive more than $500,000 in state and federal funding for collaborative energy storage research and development programs with three US-based companies. to determine how graphene might be used to increase the energy density of ultracapacitors.

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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Researchers at Harvard have demonstrated a metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery—a quinone–bromide flow battery (QBFB)—as an example of a class of energy storage materials that exploits the favorable chemical and electrochemical properties of a family of molecules known as quinones. —Huskinson et al.

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Li-ion startup Cadenza Innovation raises $5+M in oversubscribed Series A; ex Boston Power team

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Cadenza Innovation is bringing to market a low-cost and high-performance technology platform—cell design and housing—for licensing to lithium-ion battery manufacturers worldwide. Non-expanding cells and no cascading result in space effective and low cost module designs.

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DOE awards $17M for vehicle technologies; batteries, PEEM, engines, materials, fuel

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The newly selected projects are in five areas: energy storage; power electronics and electric motors (PEEM); advanced combustion engines; materials technologies, and fuels and lubricant technologies. Energy storage (Area of Interest 1). University of Connecticut. Earlier post.). Awardees are: AWARD TABLE.

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DOE to invest $30M to further H2 and fuel cell technology as industry continues strong growth

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Hydrogen Materials—Advanced Research Consortium (HyMARC) –this consortium aims to address unsolved scientific challenges in the development of viable solid-state materials for storage of hydrogen onboard vehicles. Source: “2015 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report” Click to enlarge.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. NEL Hydrogen (Wallingford, Connecticut).

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Enable smart charging and vehicle grid integration through solutions such as demand response, and other energy storage and load management strategies. Berkshire Hathaway Energy. Consumers Energy. Connecticut Green Bank. Duke Energy. Eversource Energy. California Air Resources Board. ChargePoint.

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