Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2014

RAL researchers are proposing a new process for the decomposition of ammonia to release hydrogen that involves the stoichiometric decomposition and formation of sodium amide from Na metal. Arguably, this focus may have diminished the consideration of reversibility, cost, and practicality of use of these materials. Click to enlarge.

Sodium 210

Sodium Low Cost Hydrogen Transportation 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Stanford researchers have developed a sodium-ion battery (SIB) that can store the same amount of energy as a state-of-the-art lithium ion, at substantially lower cost. Thus, further research is required to find better sodium host materials. The sodium salt makes up the cathode; the anode is made up of phosphorous.

Sodium 186

Sodium Li-ion Batteries Battery 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a nanocomposite material of amorphous, porous FePO 4 nanoparticles electrically wired by single-wall carbon nanotubes as a potential cathode material for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). SWNT composite is a promising cathode material for viable sodium-ion batteries. C rate (10 mA/g).

Sodium 231

Sodium Maryland Li-ion Lithium Ion 231

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2023

Researchers led by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have extended the capacity and duration of sodium-aluminum batteries. The new sodium-based molten salt battery uses two distinct reactions. h is achieved with an estimated raw active materials cost of $7.02 of peak charge capacity.

Molten Salt 396

Molten Salt Grid Design Sodium 396

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2011

in partnership with Kyoto University, has developed a lower temperature molten-salt rechargeable battery that promises to cost only about 10% as much as lithium ion batteries. The new battery uses sodium-containing substances melted at a high temperature. The Nikkei reports that Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.,

Molten Salt 199

Molten Salt Universal Lithium Ion Li-ion 199

Teslarati

JULY 29, 2021

(CATL) unveiled its sodium-ion battery earlier today, along with a solution that could integrate the cells with lithium-ion batteries in a single pack. The sodium-ion cells are a more cost-effective option than the lithium-ion batteries, opening the door for lower prices in the EV battleground market of China. CATL sold 34.1

Sodium 141

Sodium China Lithium Ion Batteries 141

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2014

Under their continued work with ARPA-E, EaglePicher will focus its research on improving scalability for their Sodium-Beta (Na-β) battery by developing an inexpensive stacked design to improve integration in renewable and grid storage applications. Overview of the original EPT/PNNL project on planar sodium batteries.

Sodium 218

Sodium Energy Storage Batteries Battery 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Solid-state sodium battery company LiNa Energy ( earlier post ) has closed out a £3.5-million LiNa Energy, a spin-out from Lancaster University, established in 2017, is commercializing a safe, cobalt- and lithium-free solid-state sodium battery. million (US$4.8-million) To date LiNa Energy has secured more than £7 million (US$9.5

Sodium 186

Sodium Companies Energy Batteries 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2009

GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt shows a sodium-metal halide battery cell at the press conference announcing the battery plant. GE says the planned facility will produce approximately 10 million sodium-metal halide cells each year—equivalent to 900 MWh of energy storage, or enough to support 1,000 GE hybrid locomotives. Earlier post.).

Sodium 191

Sodium New York Batteries Battery 191

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Tin (Sn) shows promise as a robust electrode material for rechargeable sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries, according to a new study by a team from the University of Pittsburgh and Sandia National Laboratory. reversible and rapid ion insertion and extraction, but using sodium ions rather than lithium. for the positive electrode.

Sodium 210

Sodium Li-ion Ni-Li Batteries 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2012

Lithium-ion and molten-salt battery costs will approach $500/kWh by 2022, reducing the high capital cost of emerging grid storage technologies. Molten-salt batteries hold the most potential to be the cheapest large-scale systems, with manufacturing improvements playing the largest role, accounting for 95% of the cost reduction.

Molten Salt 218

Molten Salt Grid Li-ion Batteries 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2014

Their low cost and ability to start the engine at cold temperatures sets them apart in conventional and basic micro-hybrid vehicles, and as auxiliary batteries in all other automotive applications, according to the report. Overview of the three vehicle classes identified in the study, and their corresponding battery technologies.

Lead Acid 304

Lead Acid Nickel Metal Hydride Energy Storage Lithium Ion 304

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Haldor Topsøe A/S, a global market leader in catalysis and related process technologies, recently acquired 18% of the shares in sodium-ion battery technology company Faradion Ltd, based in Sheffield, UK. Other partners in the investment included Finance Yorkshire’s Seedcorn Fund and Rising Stars Growth Fund II LP.

Sodium 199

Sodium Li-ion Companies Batteries 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

Researchers at the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have developed a new technique for pre-treating cellulosic biomass with ionic liquids that could reduce the cost of producing advanced biofuels from plant sugars. —Blake Simmons.

Water 262

Water Sodium Fuel 2013 262

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2022

Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd, will acquire 100% shareholding in sodium-ion battery developer Faradion Limited ( earlier post ) for an enterprise value of £100 million (US$135 million). Sodium is the sixth-most abundant element on the planet.

Sodium 199

Sodium Buy Lithium Ion Batteries 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2014

Initial studies revealed that antimony could be suitable for both rechargeable lithium- and sodium-ion batteries because it is able to store both kinds of ions. Sodium is regarded as a possible low-cost alternative to lithium as it is much more naturally abundant and its reserves are more evenly distributed on Earth.

Li-ion 220

Li-ion Sodium Batteries Battery 220

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

million) by Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) to extend the operating life and lower the product cost of FCgen(TM)-1300, the fuel cell power plant that powers Ballard’s CLEARgen distributed generation system. Ballard Power Systems has been conditionally awarded up to C$7 million (US$7.2

Sodium 199

Sodium Power Powered Fuel 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2011

published in the ACS journal Chemical Reviews , reviews in detail four stationary storage systems considered the most promising candidates for electrochemical energy storage: vanadium redox flow; sodium-beta alumina membrane; lithium-ion; and lead-carbon batteries. Among the most important factors are capital cost and life-cycle cost.

Li-ion 231

Li-ion Energy Storage Grid Carbon 231

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2012

These innovations are intended to help reduce costs and improve the performance of next generation storage technologies, which could be applied in both plug-in electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. measurement capabilities and lowering the cost of electric. cost associated with thermal management. Oak Ridge National.

Energy Storage 299

Energy Storage Grid Electric Vehicles Energy 299

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Purification of the lithium, then reaction with sodium carbonate to convert it to lithium carbonate. The competitiveness of the Eramet DLE process ranks it in the first quartile of the cash cost curve of the lithium industry (cash cost of c.$3,500/t 3,500/t LCE EXW), with large-scale drainable resources (nearly 10 Mt LCE).

Argentina 335

Argentina Building Chinese Financing 335

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

million: ALD Technical Solutions is developing light-weight, easy-to-install, long-lasting, and cost-effective structural composite reinforcement system which will be installed and cured-in-place around existing Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced transmission lines to increase power capacity and power efficiency, and also decrease sag.

Clean 371

Clean Cleaning Energy Energy Storage 371

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The ultimate aim of the research is to facilitate improvements in batteries used for transport and other applications such as grid storage with improved performance and cost characteristics. Next generation sodium ion batteries–NEXGENNA.

Energy Storage 223

Energy Storage Li-ion Lithium Ion Energy 223

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2012

of Greene to develop an electric forklift for use in freezer warehouses using GE’s Durathon sodium-halide batteries. which seeks to develop graphene-based high energy ultracapacitors with three times the energy density of current commercial devices at the same cost. GE Energy Storage , which seeks to work with Raymond Corp.

Energy Storage 225

Energy Storage Energy Lithium Ion New York 225

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2013

Recovering and marketing lithium from the brines would produce significant revenue to offset the cost of brine production, treatment and CO 2 storage operations. This would allow operators to essentially eliminate this step in the process, resulting in significant cost savings. —Scott Quillinan, CMI’s senior hydrogeologist.

Wyoming 246

Wyoming CO2 Production Sodium 246

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2022

This will decrease the amount of time drivers spend at charging stations to as low as five minutes, while ensuring increased costs savings during each charge. Identify a compelling pathway to a battery cost of. lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca)]. Oxide-based anodes.

Electric Vehicles 321

Electric Vehicles Batteries Battery Vehicles 321

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Biodiesel producers can thereby use cooking oil or other lower grade oils as biodiesel feedstock, reducing their raw material costs. The enzymatic process eliminates the need for sodium methoxide, one of the most hazardous chemicals in traditional biodiesel plants. Recommended conditions for the enzyme reactor: 0.7% Source: Novozymes.

Waste 225

Waste Oil Convert Commercial 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2013

The new approach, described in an open access paper in the journal Biotechnology for Biofuels , potentially could significantly reduce costs of sugar production from lignocellulose by eliminating the need for costly enzymes and decreasing the water consumption requirements. The use of ionic liquids (molten salts with melting points.

Molten Salt 244

Molten Salt Water Sodium Conversion 244

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2016

Researchers from George Washington University and Vanderbilt University have demonstrated the conversion of atmospheric CO 2 into carbon nanofibers (CNFs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for use as high-performance anodes in both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. times above that of sodium-ion batteries with graphite electrodes.

Li-ion 150

Li-ion Carbon Convert Sodium 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2020

The LDH sorbent is made up of layers of the materials, separated by water molecules and hydroxide ions that create space, allowing lithium chloride to enter more readily than other ions such as sodium and potassium. In a bench-scale demonstration, the LDH sorbent recovered more than 91% of lithium from a simulated brine.

Waste 314

Waste Water United States Lithium Ion 314

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2011

A non-federal cost share of 20% is required for the projects. The FOA specifies two distinct technical topics: Reducing the Cost of Hydrogen Storage Tanks; and New Materials Discovery. Reducing the Cost of Hydrogen Storage Tanks. kWh to $6/kWh. Currently, high-pressure (i.e., less than 300 bar). less than 300 bar).

Hydrogen 210

Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Low Cost Carbon 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2016

From an environmental and cost advantage, the Ballard report also concluded: Zenyatta graphite provides a clean carbon option for fuel cell components (i.e. If Zenyatta’s hydrothermal graphite can also be low cost compared to existing synthetic graphite, it will facilitate fuel cell cost reduction and market penetration.

Fuel 150

Fuel 2015 Carbon Lithium Ion 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

DOE funding $75,161,246, total project value with cost share $150,322,492). DOE funding $60,280,000, total project value including cost share $120,560,000). DOE funding $13,516,546, total project value including cost share $27,419,424). DOE funding $10,403,570, total project value including cost share $24,656,485).

Energy Storage 270

Energy Storage Grid Energy Wind 270

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2021

to bolster their efforts to usher in a global hydrogen society through cost-effective production of clean hydrogen. Alkaline water electrolysis systems electrolyze water using an alkaline electrolyte such as potassium hydroxide (KOH) or sodium hydroxide (NaOH).

Water 186

Water Hydrogen Kia Hyundai 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2012

A direct borohydride fuel cell—first demonstrated in the early 1960s—is a type of alkaline fuel cell directly fed by a sodium borohydride or potassium borohydride solution. DBFCs feature a high open circuit voltage (1.64 V), high fuel energy density (9.3 Wh·g -1 for NaBH 4 and 6.5 V, 80 °C), the researchers noted.

Fuel 257

Fuel Power Powered Polymer 257

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The company began with various approaches and technologies including the use of costly sodium borohydride. the system designs based on sodium borohydride were complex, fragile, and came with many challenges for end-users. In 2013 HES pushed forward with a new material and a highly simplified system.

Hydrogen 150

Hydrogen Fuel Energy South Africa 150

CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The abundance and low cost of sodium has made it a promising alternative to lithium for an ion battery system. Overall, the outlook for the use of sodium-ion batteries in current technology is favorable, as long as cost, safety, cyclic stability, and energy density guidelines are met.

Sodium 98

Sodium Batteries Battery Low Cost 98

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2012

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have developed selenium and selenium–sulfur (Se x S y )-based cathode materials for a new class of room-temperature lithium and sodium batteries. Click to enlarge. A paper on their work is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. V) without failure. S y systems. Chapman, Peter J.

Recharge 220

Recharge Ni-Li Li-ion Batteries 220