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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. At the same time, new variants on older technologies, such as power-to-gas (i.e.,

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

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The plant will be Proterra’s second after its original plant in Greenville, SC; the company said that its expansion was prompted by the strong growth in market demand for the new Proterra Catalyst electric buses. Proterra refers to its Catalyst bus as a platform for the electrification of transit systems.

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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. Ashok feels that Chinese manufacturers are keen to promote LFP in the Indian market, so that their manufacturers can dump their LFP spare production here. It starts by marketing entrepreneurship to its own students.