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California Energy Commission awards $1.1M to 12 small-scale projects to study transportation, natural gas and electricity technologies

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The Energy Innovations Small Grant Program provides funding to small businesses, non-profit organizations, individuals, and academic institutions to conduct research that establishes the feasibility of new, innovative energy concepts. The project has the potential to increase solar power storage capacity and reduce electricity costs.

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Researchers synthesize battery cathode from lignin derivatives

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Grzegorz Milczarek from Poznan University of Technology (Poland), and Olle Inganäs from Linköping University (Sweden), have combined lignin derivatives, which are electronic insulators, with polypyrole, a conductive polymer, into an interpenetrating composite suitable for use as a battery cathode. (B) Voltammograms recorded between 0.1

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New Li-S battery shows cycle performance comparable to that of Li-ion batteries along with more than double the energy density

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The team, led by a group from Hanyang University, used a highly reversible dual-type sulfur cathode (solid sulfur electrode and polysulfide catholyte) and a lithiated Si/SiO x nanosphere anode. organic framework (MOF) for sulfur impregnation, as well as by the choice of suitable electrolytes. Credit: ACS, Lee et al. Click to enlarge.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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In the first group, 16 awards totaling $435 million will support fully integrated, regional Smart Grid demonstrations in 21 states, representing more than 50 utilities and electricity organizations with a combined customer base of almost 100 million consumers. DOE funding $75,161,246, total project value with cost share $150,322,492).

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood.

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