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Tesla has installed the Powerwall 250,000 times

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Tesla is widely characterized as an automotive company, even though CEO Elon Musk expects the entity’s energy business to be just as large as the automotive side within the next few years. When solar panels are installed on a house, they constantly obtain energy from the Sun. 250k Powerwall installs globally [link].

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Maxwell supplying ultracaps to ABB for hybrid version of Philadelphia rail energy recuperation system

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If connection to the AC grid is not available, then the ENVILINE ESS (Energy Storage System) stores the surplus braking energy and feeds it to the power line to assist the acceleration of the train. —Jacques Poulin, ABB’s product manager for energy storage and rail.

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LG Chem charges Li-ion trade secrets theft, files Federal suit against SK Innovation

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Trade Commission and the United States District Court of Delaware. specially for SK Innovation and stored on LG Chem computers, suggested these. batteries for automotive and energy storage systems (ESS). The suits allege that defendants accessed trade secrets by SK. Innovation’s hiring of 77 employees in.

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ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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Drop-In Replacement Materials from Abundant Resources to Double Energy in EV Batteries – $3,100,000. Sila Nanotechnologies will develop a class of drop-in cathode replacement materials to double the energy stored in lithium-ion batteries, the most popular battery chemistry used in a wide range of applications, including electric vehicles.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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With the initiation of the EFRCs in April 2008, the Department of Energy (DOE) budgeted approximately $100 million for multiple EFRC awards starting in FY 2009. Nanostructured Interfaces for Energy Generation, Conversion, and Storage. University of Delaware. Center for Electrical Energy Storage: Tailored Interfaces. $19.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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Electricity is a commodity that is bought and sold, and yet unlike most other commodities, it cannot easily be stored. The need for large-scale electrochemical energy storage as a grid-stabilizing source of demand disappeared. Once electricity is generated and passes into the grid, it is typically used almost immediately.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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The US Department of Energy is awarding $106 million in funding for 37 research projects selected in the second round by the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. of Delaware). Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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