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ICL model predicts lithium-ion batteries most competitive for storage applications by 2030

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levelized cost)—as opposed to the investment cost—of 9 electricity storage technologies for 12 different applications between 2015 and 2050. Oliver Schmidt, Sylvain Melchior, Adam Hawkes, Iain Staffell (2018) “Projecting the Future Levelized Cost of Electricity Storage Technologies,” Joule doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2018.12.008.

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DOE releases Energy Storage Grand Challenge Roadmap; 44% reduction in manufactured cost for 300-mile EV pack by 2030

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DOE also released two companion ESGC reports: the 2020 Grid Energy Storage Technology Cost and Performance Assessment and the Energy Storage Market Report 2020. These reports provide data that informed the Roadmap and provide accessible and easily referenced information for the entire energy stakeholder community.

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Mazda Demios To Be Base Architecture for Electric Vehicle Test Project

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The project will use information and communications technologies (ICT) in conjunction with control and electricity storage technology to develop an effective system to optimally use electricity that is generated through solar panels, stored in fixed battery stations and supplied to EVs and participating stores.

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Western Lithium to Acquire Rocky Mountain Resources for Vanadium Resources

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The companies believe that a combination of Nevada based strategic metals for applications in electrical storage and other industrial uses will provide operational and corporate synergies, and accretive value to shareholders. The transaction is expected to close in January 2010.

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DOE proposing $100M in FY2014 for 2nd round of funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers

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How can we master energy and information on the nanoscale to create new technologies with capabilities rivaling those of living things? How do remarkable properties of matter emerge from complex correlations of the atomic or electronic constituents and how can we control these properties?

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Study Finds PHEV Li-ion Cells Show Little Capacity Fade Under Combined Driving and V2G Usage; Economic Model Suggests Incentives Will Be Required for Vehicle Owners to Participate in V2G

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They used hourly electricity prices in three US cities to arrive at daily profit values, while the economic losses associated with battery degradation were calculated based on data from the first study. Test current profile used to simulate driving day for cells showing all trips. Peterson et al. CEIC-09-03).

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NIST Releases EPRI Report on Smart Grid Development; Priorities, Standards, Architecture

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The Smart Grid is a planned nationwide network that will use 21 st century information technology to deliver electricity efficiently, reliably and securely, while allowing increased use of renewable power sources. Electric transportation.

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