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Nissan and Endesa collaborating to deliver vehicle-to-grid systems to market

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This Vehicle to Grid (V2G) system consists of the Endesa two-way charger and an energy management system that can also integrate such off-grid, and renewable, power generation as solar panels and wind turbines. Endesa will host a full demonstration of the market-ready and low cost system in Madrid on 12 March.

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Researchers synthesize battery cathode from lignin derivatives

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Renewable energy systems based on intermittent sources require methods for power balancing over time, and thus some means of storage. Charge storage in organic polymers rarely gives energy and power densities, gravimetric or volumetric, that match the needs for secondary batteries and supercapacitors. 1215159.

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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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Hamid Mohsenian-Rad of University of California, Riverside will receive $95,000 to determine the optimum balance of active and reactive power in plug-in electric vehicles to achieve lower energy costs and improve power distribution networks. The project aims to increase the generation of clean, low cost, efficient energy.

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

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In the second group, an additional 16 awards for a total of $185 million will help fund utility-scale energy storage projects that will enhance the reliability and efficiency of the grid, while reducing the need for new electricity plants. DOE funding $75,161,246, total project value with cost share $150,322,492). 29,561,142.

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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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Lithium-sulfur batteries offer a great deal of promise as a next-generation battery technology, with the natural abundance and low cost of sulfur, coupled with the high theoretical energy density of sulfur-based cathodes: 1675 mAh g ?1 Credit: ACS, Lee et al. Click to enlarge. 1 and 2500 Wh kg ?1. —Lee et al.

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

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Renewable Power (4 projects). ENERGY STORAGE. Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. Low Cost, High Energy and Power Density, Nanotube-Enhanced Ultracapacitors.

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