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Retech Systems LLC (Buffalo, NewYork). GE Global Research (Niskayuna, NewYork). Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Buffalo, NewYork). DigiCollect LLC (NewYork, NewYork). Brooklyn, NewYork).
Binghamton University (State University of NewYork). Though the immediate goal is to make effective, affordable batteries for EVs, consortium director and PNNL materials scientist Jun Liu expects the consortium’s work could also advance stationary grid energy storage. Idaho National Laboratory. Stanford University.
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