Lithium Air, Renewable and Solar

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. Current topics of interest include: Biomass Conversion, Biofuels & Bioenergy.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Fuel Engine Production

BioSolar begins development of high-energy anode technology

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

The company says that there is also a possibility of consolidating with next-generation energy storage systems such as lithium-air and lithium-sulfur batteries in the future, thus potentially addressing a larger window of commercialization opportunity.

Energy

Energy Lithium Ion North Carolina Lithium Sulfur

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

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Processes for sustainable energy production must be environmentally benign, reduce greenhouse gas production, and utilize renewable resources. The interest in electrochemical energy storage is on high-energy density and high-power density batteries suitable for transportation and renewable energy storage applications.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Energy Storage Lead Acid Lithium Ion

NSF to award up to $13M for fundamental work on sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels

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APRIL 7, 2013

Processes for sustainable energy production must be environmentally benign, reduce greenhouse gas production, and utilize renewable resources. Photovoltaic Solar Energy. Solar photovoltaic (PV) devices harvest and convert sunlight directly to electricity. The duration of unsolicited awards is typically three years.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Transportation Fuel Production

3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Vorbeck Materials , a startup company based in Jessup, Maryland, is using a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)-developed method for developing graphene for better lithium air and lithium sulfur batteries. These Liquid Desiccant HVAC systems deliver a 50 - 75% reduction in energy usage over conventional HVAC units.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Engine Energy Batteries

The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

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MAY 5, 2010

The Net-Zero Neighborhood is based on local generation using renewables; distributed energy storage in proportion to the population; electric transportation as an integral part of energy storage; energy becoming a consumer commodity that is bought and sold in a local marketplace; and a new jobs base in the form of local energy service providers.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood Energy Storage Grid Transportation

BASF intensifying R & D of products for sustainable electromobility; triple-digit million euro investment in batteries over next 5 years

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JULY 7, 2011

As well as developing materials for lithium-ion batteries, including solutions for anodes and separators, BASF is also researching future battery concepts such as lithium-sulfur or lithium-air. Earlier post.). —Andreas Kreimeyer.

Lithium Ion

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MIT team discovers new family of materials with best performance yet for oxygen evolution reaction; implications for fuel cells and Li-air batteries

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

MIT researchers have found a new family of highly active catalyst materials that provides the best performance yet in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in electrochemical water-splitting—a key requirement for energy storage and delivery systems such as advanced fuel cells and lithium-air batteries.

MIT

MIT Fuel Water Batteries

Technical review outlines challenges for both batteries and fuel cells as basis for electric vehicles

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OCTOBER 26, 2015

They begin by observing that the EU’s goal of 95 gCO 2 /km fleet average emissions by 2020 can only be met by means of extended range electric vehicles or all-electric vehicles in combination with the integration of renewable energy (e.g., wind and solar). While the so-called post-LiBs, viz.,

Lithium Sulfur

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. from solar PV) to convert carbon dioxide into liquid alcohol fuels. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Electrofuels. per gallon.

Carbon

Carbon Batteries Battery Li-ion

New LANL non-precious metal ORR catalyst can out-perform platinum; possible enabler for economical Li-air batteries, fuel cells

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JUNE 5, 2013

The new catalyst, reported in an open source paper in Nature Communications , could pave the way for reliable, economical metal-air batteries and alkaline fuel cells, providing for practical use of wind- and solar-powered electricity, as well as enhanced hybrid and electric vehicles. —Piotr Zelenay, corresponding author.

Fuel

Fuel Batteries Battery Li-ion

Will the world run out of lithium?

Drive Electric

APRIL 12, 2023

However, according to a recent publication in the scientific journal Joule , there is conclusive evidence that the world possesses sufficient raw materials, such as lithium and other battery metals, to continue transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.

Oil

Oil Batteries Battery Australia

Promising EV Trends to Lookout For in 2023

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Some other Battery news are, New developments and experiments in battery chemistries like lithium-air and magnesium-ion are going on. The batteries that use sodium instead of the pricey and rare lithium are the ones that are the closest to being on the market.

Li-ion

Li-ion Lithium Ion Grid Charging

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

BioSolar begins development of high-energy anode technology

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

NSF to award up to $13M for fundamental work on sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels

3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

BASF intensifying R & D of products for sustainable electromobility; triple-digit million euro investment in batteries over next 5 years

MIT team discovers new family of materials with best performance yet for oxygen evolution reaction; implications for fuel cells and Li-air batteries

Technical review outlines challenges for both batteries and fuel cells as basis for electric vehicles

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

New LANL non-precious metal ORR catalyst can out-perform platinum; possible enabler for economical Li-air batteries, fuel cells

Will the world run out of lithium?

Promising EV Trends to Lookout For in 2023

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