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MARCH 30, 2010

California-based electric car and battery company CODA Automotive ( earlier post ), together with its China-based joint venture partner, Lishen Power Battery, has secured $394 million of committed capital. CODA Battery Systems LLC—to design, manufacture and sell automotive-grade, lithium-ion battery systems in the United States.

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JUNE 8, 2012

An all-electric, battery-powered prototype demonstration bus under joint development by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. MHI), the government of Manitoba, Manitoba Hydro, Red River College and New Flyer Industries Canada ULC has been completed and was recently unveiled in Manitoba, Canada. Earlier post.) cells (185 Wh-class).

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APRIL 5, 2010

million by The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) for the design, development, prototyping, scale-up and installation of a 1 megawatt-hour advanced energy storage system on Ultralife’s Newark, New York corporate campus. Ultralife Corporation recently was awarded approximately $2.4

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

Based in Joplin, MO, EaglePicher is a designer and manufacturer of batteries, battery management systems and energetic devices for the defense, aerospace and medical industries. million to develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications.

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DECEMBER 26, 2009

Beckett will investigate implementing lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology into a variety of distributed power storage appliances. For use in both the utility and military markets, the product offering will also be applicable to the civilian off-grid storage market that pairs renewable energy generation with power storage.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

The technology is designed to recover waste heat from residential hot water heaters and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the use of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Daniel Codd of San Diego will receive $95,000 to design, test and validate a new solar power receiver capable of collecting sunlight at high temperatures.

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JUNE 16, 2011

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., (MHI), MHI), has developed Japan’s first cargo container-type large-capacity energy storage system using Li-ion batteries. The system is capable of providing power of up to one megawatts (MW), and its mobility makes the system suitable for a wide range of applications, including emergency use.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

The heat-resistant separator adopted in these new batteries was specially designed and developed for automotive applications, based on ceramic separator technologies. Hitachi’s development activities used some of the results of research contracted by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).

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JUNE 16, 2016

The findings of the report show that it is technically possible to absorb grid power fluctuations by connecting electric vehicles to the power supply. The research results will in future help to link electric mobility with the energy industry. The supply of electrical power is undergoing a fundamental change.

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JUNE 4, 2013

ZSW designed the cells, developed the manufacturing process and produced a small sample series in the 18650 format. The Lithium-ion batteries are intended for use in electric vehicles and as solar power storage systems. The active materials for the batteries exclusively originate from German companies.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e., Renewable energy is another solution.

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JUNE 29, 2018

In addition to flexible energy generators, such as the combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Dingolfing, energy consumers can also be integrated into the BMW power pool. Using the only process of its kind in the industry, ventilation can be flexibly adjusted without any adverse effects. BMW Group Plant Dingolfing.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

BYD introduced its Type A battery-electric school bus that also offers innovative vehicle-to-grid technology, allowing the vehicle to serve as a power storage resource when it’s not transporting students. At the heart of the BYD Type A is its lithium iron phosphate battery, the safest and most reliable in the electric vehicle industry.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Energy East Advanced CAES Demonstration Plant (150MW) Using an Existing Salt Storage Cavern. Demonstrate an advanced, less costly 150 MW Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) technology plant using an existing salt cavern. Advanced Underground CAES Demonstration Project Using a Saline Porous Rock Formation as the Storage Reservoir.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

GM and ABB partnered to produce a prototype back-up power storage unit that repackages five used Volt batteries into a modular unit that becomes an uninterruptible power supply and grid power balancing system. a community energy storage system—built from five used Chevrolet Volt batteries. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The futuristic Tesla Gigafactory could literally power the world. With patience, guile and no shortage of skill, Elon Musk has annexed the world energy industry with an ever-improving line of batteries. An electric power storage company setting up in a place called Sparks just cannot happen. It’s just that important.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

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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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Like many elements of the cell construction, the design and manufacture of the stack (figure 4) involves proprietary ideas. The cells operate between -10 °C and 50 °C with available power being limited in the cold threshold and cell life being limited in the heat. They can replace any component down to the cell.

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APRIL 16, 2009

It is thought that the cars that Renault is building to function with the Better Place model will have the ability to have its power supply swapped and the newly announced Tesla Model S is said to also incorporate this concept. Like shopping malls for example, or very nearly any manufacturer or industrial consumer.

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