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Cummins invests $24M in flow battery leader VoltStorage

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By investing in VoltStorage, we are taking steps to advance solutions focused on the grid and energy storage. VoltStorage develops and produces commercial storage systems based on the particularly ecological vanadium redox flow technology for commercial and agricultural enterprises. Vanadium redox flow battery cell.

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Anaheim Transportation Network receives $5M to further all-electric transit operation; partners with AMPLY Power

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The grant, awarded by the California Energy Commission (CEC), will be used to acquire charging stations, batteries, and the other solar infrastructure required to support ATN’s MicroGrid and zero-emission vehicle fleet. —Diana Kotler, ATN Executive Director.

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The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

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Gil Weigand of Oak Ridge National Laboratory outlined his vision of a critical solution to the energy, climate and ensuing national security threats facing the US: the Net-Zero Neighborhood (NZN). batteries); the creation of grid-enabled consumer-side energy generation appliances; and a robust set of standards and protocols.

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NAATBatt Coalition recommends deployment of up to 300 GWh of distributed energy storage systems by 2022

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A coalition of 13 leading industrial companies and electric utilities, including General Motors Company, The Dow Chemical Company and Duke Energy, issued a white paper recommending the installation of up to 300 GWh of distributed energy storage (DES) systems around the country by 2022. value proposition.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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It is a daunting question that a startup called Polar Night Energy, in the small and chilly nation of Finland (Figure 1), is attempting to answer. In an era of complex cleantech solutions, often made from rare and expensive materials, Polar Night Energy’s heat storage and distribution system consists of simple ducts, pumps, valves, and sand.

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California Energy Commission awards $750K to Electricore to study standardization of plug-in vehicle batteries

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The California Energy Commission has awarded Electricore, Inc. 750,000 to research value-based design options for the standardization of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) batteries. million to demonstrate renewable energy management using a compressed air energy storage system.

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GM and ABB demonstrate community energy storage system built from 5 used Volt batteries; Duke Energy testing

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During a symposium for the media on GM’s electrification efforts, including a preview of the Spark EV to be unveiled at the LA Auto Show in two weeks, General Motors and ABB showed and demonstrated a new grid distributed micro-storage (at grid scale) system—i.e.,