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Navigant: 38 new advanced energy storage projects kicked off in the first half of 2013

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New technologies, including capacitor battery technology, lithium titanate oxide, nickel-iron, and solar thermal, are swelling the pipeline of advanced energy storage projects. converting renewable power to hydrogen), are also coming online. These developments define an industry that is dynamic, if still not mature.

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CEC awards Proterra $3M toward electric bus manufacturing plant; Foothill Transit orders 13 more buses

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Proterra’s TerraVolt FC fast charge battery options (lithium titanate, LTO chemistry) allows for maximum run time with minimum dwell time. Proterra uses industry-standard modules which it assembles into packs for the bus. This system can be recharged on-route in less than ten minutes with a 500kW charge rate.

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EV's and Indian Manufacturing: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwaala | Visit to IIT Madras

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Incidentally, the Suzuki Dentsu Panasonic JV in Gujarat is working on Lithium Titanate Oxide (LTO) cells. But what the electronic switching does is to convert the battery DC to AC, so in theory the motor should have been called the very Afro sounding BLAC. million sqft space today has about 90 R&D centres of industries.