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

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San Jose, Calif. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Sunrun, San Francisco, Calif. San Jose, Calif. Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS), San Jose, Calif. SunPower, 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. Click to enlarge.

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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. A battery-electric version of Proterra’s 35-foot transit bus ( earlier post )—the EcoRide BE35—is equipped with a UQM PowerPhase 150 propulsion system.

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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.,