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GE to Open Sodium-Metal Halide Battery Plant in New York

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GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt shows a sodium-metal halide battery cell at the press conference announcing the battery plant. GE will open a new battery manufacturing plant in Upstate New York that will serve as the main manufacturing facility for GE’s newly launched battery business. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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GE to expand sodium-halide battery plant with $70M investment

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GE will invest an additional $70 million to expand its sodium-halide battery manufacturing plant in New York, which is part of the company’s new Energy Storage business. The battery plant has received support from state and local government in New York, where GE has done business for 130 years.

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GE Launches Durathon Sodium-Metal Halide Battery for UPS Market

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GE Energy Storage Technologies, a unit of GE Transportation, introduced its Durathon sodium-metal halide battery ( earlier post ) for critical backup power. Sodium-metal halide cell basic chemistry. GE’s new battery plant will be located in Schenectady, New York, and is expected to create 350 new jobs in the region.

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NYSERDA awards $2M to 8 projects to develop advanced energy storage technologies

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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded $250,000 to each of eight companies and research centers to develop working prototypes for a wide range of energy-storage technologies. of Greene to develop an electric forklift for use in freezer warehouses using GE’s Durathon sodium-halide batteries.

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Top Factors Affecting EV Adoption

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Global EV sales barely nudged 2 million units in 2020 , but could top 73 million by 2040. California led the way with the August 2022 law requiring all new cars, SUVs and pick up trucks sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2035. Several other states, including Massachusetts and New York, are expected to follow suit.

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

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New York, N.Y. Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Madison, Wis. Touchstone Research Laboratory, Triadelphia, W.

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President Obama Awards $2.3B for Tax Credits for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs; GE Gets Largest Battery-related Award

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GE has already invested more than $150 million in developing battery technologies, and the tax credit will supplement GE’s investments in the new product line that will serve the rail, marine, mining, telecommunications and utility sectors. The projects were competitively selected through a merit review process.