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Highview Power and Encore Renewable Energy to co-develop the first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system in US

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Highview Power Storage, Inc., a provider of long duration energy storage solutions, and Encore Renewable Energy, a developer of renewable energy generation and storage projects, jointly announced plans to develop the United States’ first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

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Slashing gas storage facilities. No new nuclear power plants operational. Solar also generates a good share of the power generated when the sun shines. What we have not done so well is to ensure that we have a solid base level of generation to supply electricity when there is no sun and no wind. No Storage.

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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

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The battery storage system also includes a voltage converter and power electronics to manage the energy flow between renewable energy sources, the house interface, and the Li-Ion high-voltage battery from the BMW i3. The system has been designed to be integrated into the house energy supply chain. ChargeForward.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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DOE funding $10,403,570, total project value including cost share $24,656,485). NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation (MA). The 16 utility-scale energy storage projects (ranked by DOE funding) are: Utility-Scale Energy Storage Projects. New York State Electric & Gas Corporation. Notrees Wind Storage.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood.

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The Essential Guide to EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management

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Smart EV charging uses intelligence to manage when and how an electric vehicle plugged into a smart charger will receive power for charging based on the cost of electricity, its availability, and the needs of the driver. With smart EV charging drivers can save money and optimize the total cost of operating an EV. .

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A More Detailed Look at a Prismatic Li-ion Cell and Pack Manufacturing Process

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As Prabahakar Patel of CPI pointed out last year “ Lithium-ion battery costs have already come down by a factor of 15 over the past 18 years ”. Another way to lower the effective cost of the battery pack to the consumer is capture the pack’s residual value. The pack is wired into two parallel systems each supplying 350 volts.

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