Energy Storage, Renewable, Sodium and Water

Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We are transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, and the use of energy storage is becoming more widespread. And with the popularity of electric vehicles, the grid is under more and more pressure, so the demand for energy storage is growing. Battery storage.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Molten Salt Energy Future

New liquid alloy electrode significantly lowers operating temperature of sodium-beta batteries; improved performance

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AUGUST 1, 2014

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have devised an alloying strategy that enables sodium-beta batteries to operate at significantly lower temperatures. The new electrode enables sodium-beta batteries to last longer, helps streamline their manufacturing process and reduces the risk of accidental fire.

Sodium

Sodium Batteries Battery Energy Storage

Stanford study quantifies energetic costs of grid-scale energy storage over time; current batteries the worst performers; the need to improve cycle life by 3-10x

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MARCH 10, 2013

A plot of ESOI for 7 potential grid-scale energy storage technologies. Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energy storage technologies over time. Credit: Barnhart and Benson, 2013. Click to enlarge.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Grid Cost Of Energy

DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. The selected projects include advanced battery systems (including flow batteries), flywheels, and compressed air energy systems. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Grid Energy Wind

NSF to award $13M to projects focused on electrochemical and organic photovoltaic systems

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The goal of the Energy for Sustainability program is to support fundamental engineering research that will enable innovative processes for the sustainable production of electricity and fuels, and for energy storage. Flow batteries for energy storage applications are also appropriate.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Energy Storage Lead Acid Lithium Ion

NSF to award $13M for fundamental engineering research on production of electricity and fuels

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JULY 27, 2015

Processes for sustainable energy production must be environmentally benign, reduce greenhouse gas production, and utilize renewable resources. Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Energy. Advanced Batteries for Transportation and Renewable Energy Storage.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Fuel Engine Production

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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JULY 10, 2019

Integrated Power Block Heat Exchanger/Thermal Energy Storage System for CSP Plants, $348,000 CFOAM LLC, Triadelphia, W. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colo. Cold Spray Manufacturing of High-Performance Magnets and Energy-Harvesting Materials, $300,000 TTEC LLC, Berryville, Va. Louisville, Colo.

Commercial

Commercial San Jose San Francisco San Diego

Battelle introduces Grid Command Distribution services and software for rapid modeling of smart grid distribution circuits

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Included in this project is a redistribution management system, integrated volt-VAR control, distribution automation, advanced meter infrastructure, home area networks, community energy storage, sodium sulfur battery storage, and renewable generation sources.

Grid

Grid Ohio Volt Neighborhood

CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The awardees went through a rigorous process including a review with CalSEED’s curated technical advisory committee, who volunteered their time and expertise to select the most promising future clean energy technologies. that boosts the energy capacity via nanotechnology-enabled self-assembly of functional nanocomponents, reducing?the

Clean

Clean Cleaning Energy Solar

Tesla batteries switched on at world’s largest solar farm in the Middle East

Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A Tesla battery system comprised of Powerpack units was successfully switched on at the 1GW Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, one of the world’s biggest renewable energy projects. The Tesla Powerpacks were switched on by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA).

Solar

Solar Energy Storage Batteries Battery

ORNL advancing LDH sorbent to recover lithium from geothermal brine wastes

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JANUARY 22, 2020

These plants pump hot water from geothermal deposits and use it to generate electricity. The LDH sorbent is made up of layers of the materials, separated by water molecules and hydroxide ions that create space, allowing lithium chloride to enter more readily than other ions such as sodium and potassium.

Waste

Waste Water United States Davis

MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

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APRIL 12, 2015

Researchers at the Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES), a partnership between the MIT Materials Processing Center and Lomonosov Moscow State University, are focusing on the development of higher capacity batteries. Craig Carter, with their associates, published a study in Advanced Energy Materials (Li et al.

MIT

MIT Li-ion Batteries Battery

ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

The projects selected are grouped into 10 areas: Energy Storage (6 projects). Biomass Energy (5 projects). Renewable Power (4 projects). Conventional Energy (1 project). Water (1 project). ENERGY STORAGE. Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications.

Energy

Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion

ARPA-E awards $55M to 18 projects in two new programs: TERRA for transportation energy and GENSETS for distributed generation

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JUNE 19, 2015

The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $55 million in funding for 18 innovative projects as part of ARPA-E’s two newest programs: Transportation Energy Resources from Renewable Agriculture (TERRA) and GENerators for Small Electrical and Thermal Systems (GENSETS).

Transportation

Transportation Energy West Virginia Engine

EV Driven

Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

New liquid alloy electrode significantly lowers operating temperature of sodium-beta batteries; improved performance

Stanford study quantifies energetic costs of grid-scale energy storage over time; current batteries the worst performers; the need to improve cycle life by 3-10x

DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

NSF to award $13M to projects focused on electrochemical and organic photovoltaic systems

NSF to award $13M for fundamental engineering research on production of electricity and fuels

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

Battelle introduces Grid Command Distribution services and software for rapid modeling of smart grid distribution circuits

CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

Tesla batteries switched on at world’s largest solar farm in the Middle East

ORNL advancing LDH sorbent to recover lithium from geothermal brine wastes

MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

ARPA-E awards $55M to 18 projects in two new programs: TERRA for transportation energy and GENSETS for distributed generation

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