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MIT team calls initial performance results of magnesium-antimony liquid metal battery “promising”

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Large-scale energy storage is poised to play a critical role in enhancing the stability, security, and reliability of tomorrow’s electrical power grid, including the support of intermittent renewable resources. Credit: ACS, Bradwell et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). After several weeks of cycling, the cells ceased to operate.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: High Efficiency Solar Electric Conversion Power Tower Abengoa Solar will develop a high efficiency solar-electric. trough with molten salt system, this technology can reduce. stores energy from the sun to be released onto the grid at a. power grid. generation.

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