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EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

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billion in 17 large-scale innovative clean-tech projects with a third round of awards under the Innovation Fund. Manufacturing of components for energy storage or renewables production (3 projects): In Poland, a project will create a manufacturing plant of innovative electrochemical battery systems to provide short-term electricity storage.

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DOE announces 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

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Lithium, a critical material used in high-charge-density batteries for electric vehicles and grid-scale electricity storage, is a crucial element in the clean energy supply chain. Texas Tech University – Tech Desal. Nearly all of the US lithium stock is imported. Oregon State University – Espiku.

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Archer, NASA link-up on future AAM uses starts with enhanced battery capacities

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Lessons drawn from that will be put to use in improving electric storage tech in its own Midnight air taxi, and shared across the AAM sector. Those trials will submit Archer cylindrical cells to what the company terms “extreme abuse” in measuring their resistance and reaction.

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Hyundai Introduces New Tucson/ ix35 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle

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Fuel cell engineers at the company’s Eco-Tech Research and Development Centre in Mabuk, Korea have succeeded in taking complex arrays of components and combining them into simpler modules, improving production scalability. Advances in modularization which simplifies final assembly.

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Update on ALTe; EREV powertrain company tracking for production-caliber units by December, production ramp in 1Q 2013

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In the higher tech world, we are actively pioneering in cooperating with National Semiconductor to do cell management at the cell level, to put our own battery management system in trucks. to produce and sell hybrid electric storage (HES) devices. We are focusing on those kinds of things to drive costs down. —John Thomas.

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The Role of Power Utilities in Turning EVs into a Grid Asset – Part 2

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Technology and data: deploy peak-shaving technologies and high-tech electricity storage, including EV batteries, large battery arrays, and thermal storage systems. Flexibility: develop local flexibility markets, demand response programs and energy-efficiency programs.

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Alpine 100% electric A110 E-ternité prototype debuts at French Formula 1 Grand Prix; batteries fore and aft

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The battery modules are identical to those of the 100% electric Mégane E-Tech. In order to get away from the 0 to 100km/h / top speed trade-off and the constant quest for electric storage that requires large batteries, an innovative gearbox was added to the Group’s “standard” motor.

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