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Toshiba Corporation has supplied a Li-ion battery traction energystorage system (TESS) to Tobu Railway Co., TESS stores traction energy generated by decelerating trains as they enter a station and releases it as needed when trains accelerate from the station.
Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a new lithium/polysulfide (Li/PS) semi-liquid (flow) battery for large-scale energystorage, with lithium polysulfide (Li 2 S 8 ) in ether solvent as a catholyte and metallic lithium as an anode.
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launched its lithium-ionenergystorage system for home usage. The battery stores power from the grid or from solar panels and stores it for later household use. The EnergyBlock can also storeenergy directly from solar panels, power in remote locations and emergency power. Electrovaya Inc.
MHI), has developed Japan’s first cargo container-type large-capacity energystorage system using Li-ion batteries. Japan’s first container-type large-capacity energystorage system using lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., (MHI), Click to enlarge.
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The Ragone plots of graphene surface-enabled Liion-exchanging cells with different electrode thicknesses. This approach obviates the need for lithium intercalation or deintercalation—the basic process used in Li-ion batteries. Credit: ACS, Jang et al. Click to enlarge. —Jang et al.
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(MHI), jointly with SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc), will begin an energystorage system demonstration project using the power grid in the UK’s Orkney Islands, which has a high proportion of renewable energy generation in relation to demand.
A plot of ESOI for 7 potential grid-scale energystorage technologies. Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energystorage technologies over time. Credit: Barnhart and Benson, 2013. Click to enlarge.
A chart from EnerG2’s 2012 DOE Merit Review presentation shows different pore profiles for different energystorage applications. These properties can be tailored and modified for adaptation to the specific requirements of a given energystorage application. Click to enlarge. Aaron Feaver.
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A research team at Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has developed a high-capacity Li-metal battery with improved rate performance and stability using a one-dimensional Li-confinable porous hollow carbon host. However, these hosts suffer from unwanted Li growth on their surface (i.e., Kang et al.
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million to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts for Phase II of a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery recycling contract. The switch to nickel is resulting in better batteries, as nickel-rich cathodes offer higher energy density (a greater ability to storeenergy) than cobalt-rich cathodes.
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Altairnano has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shenhua Science & Technology and its research affiliate, the National Institute of Clean and Low-carbon Energy (NICE), jointly to develop, deploy and promote industrial applications of lithium titanate-based energystorage systems in China.
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for the delivery of the first Intensium Flex Li-ion battery system to power and storeenergy for the ECO-H System. Through its ability to provide power and storeenergy using Saft Li-ion batteries, the system allows for immediate on-demand power and the leveling of power usage peaks for rigs.
International Battery (IB), a US manufacturer and developer of large-format lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, has been chosen as the battery system provider for the first-of-its-kind Community EnergyStorage (CES) systems, developed by S&C Electric Company for American Electric Power (AEP).
for misappropriation of Li-ion battery trade secrets, tortious interference with prospective economic advantage and other. the lithium-ion battery division of LG Chem, which developed the world’s. first commercial pouch-type Li-ion battery for automobiles. highly valued lithium ion battery trade secrets.
Contour Energy Systems, Inc. has acquired a carbon nanotube technology that can significantly improve the power capability of lithium-ion batteries, through an exclusive technology licensing agreement with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).
Researchers from ETH Zürich have synthesized highly monodisperse colloidal Sn and Sn/SnO 2 (tin/tin dioxide) nanocrystals for use as an anode material in Li-ion batteries. The scientists assume that the smaller crystals perform better because they can absorb and release lithium ions more effectively. Batteries'
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is contributing about €19 million (US$24 million) to a new €36-million ($US46 million), 3-year, public-private research project to improve further the safety of lithium-ion batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles. Another objective of the research is a “Digital Battery Passport”.
Volta Power Systems has partnered with Stellar Industries to provide lithium-ion power systems that reduce idling from fleet utility and work trucks. The auxiliary system stores enough energy to provide all-day power to operate hydraulics, power tools, and multiphase worksite power without idling. The HPS features a 13.5
Researchers in the UK are developing a rechargeable lithium-air battery that could deliver a ten-fold increase in energy capacity compared to that of currently available lithium-ion cells. The project addresses a number of the materials issues necessary to realize this high energystorage battery based on a non-aqueous O 2 electrode.
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Eguana Technologies, a supplier of power control and conversion solutions for distributed energystorage systems and Li-ion manufacturer LG Chem have combined their technologies under a multi-year agreement to deliver a certified, fully integrated energystorage system (ESS) Eguana calls “AC Battery”.
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The Ohio Third Frontier Advanced Energy Program supports research and development that addresses the technical and cost barriers to commercialization of advanced energy components and systems, with preference to wind, biomass, and energystorage in Ohio. quasar energy group. Beckett Corporation.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a funding opportunity announcement ( DE-FOA-0000559 ) for a Batteries and EnergyStorageEnergy Innovation Hub. The Batteries and EnergyStorage Hub will be the fourth such Hub established by DOE. Batteries and energystorage hold one key to our energy future.
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