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

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Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Integrated Power Block Heat Exchanger/Thermal Energy Storage System for CSP Plants, $348,000 CFOAM LLC, Triadelphia, W. San Jose, Calif. Sunrun, San Francisco, Calif.

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Quallion Introduces Li-ion Anti-Idling HVAC Solution for Class 6-8 Trucks; Showcases Battery Pack in CRF Panda Fuel Cell Vehicle Prototype

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Li-ion system developer Quallion unveiled its Li-ion-powered Anti-Idling HVAC solution designed for Class 6-8 trucks. Quallion showcased the system, which is designed to support 10 hour of cooling at end-of-life, at the recent Battery Show in San Jose, California. Poster of the HVAC system.

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IBM Almaden Lab Exploring Lithium-Air Batteries for Next-Generation Energy Storage

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Leveraging expertise in materials science, nanotechnology, green chemistry and supercomputing, scientists at IBM Research’s Almaden lab in San Jose, California, are undertaking a multi-year research initiative around a grid-scale, efficient, affordable electrical energy storage network. Properties of metals used in metal air batteries.

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Proterra EcoRide Battery-Electric Transit Bus Uses UQM PowerPhase 150 System

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The BE35 is being showcased on a four-city California clean bus tour which began in San Jose on 6 February. The PowerPhase 150 electric propulsion system produces peak torque of 650 Nm (479 lb-ft) and peak power of 150 kW (201 hp). The 35-foot EcoRide transit bus seats 37 passengers and features a lightweight composite body.

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3D Printed Solid-State Battery Rivals Lithium-Ion

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Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere: in smartphones, laptops, electric vehicles, and even in your wristwatch. Recently, 3D-printing startup Sakuu (formerly KeraCel) developed a solid-state battery that it claims " equals or betters " the performance of current lithium-ion batteries. The startup, based in San Jose, Calif.,