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NYSERDA Commits $8M to Develop and Commercialize 19 New York Battery and Energy-Storage Technology Projects

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GE is developing improvements to its sodium metal halide batteries for use in a new generation of cleaner locomotives and stationary applications to smooth intermittent renewable power generation as it interconnects with the grid and critical load back-up power and other applications. General Motors. Grantee Project NYSERDA Funding.

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Strong support for EV ambitions | Autocar Professional

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Eligibility for participation The scheme covers over 100 Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV) components, including crucial elements such as hydrogen fuel cells, hydrogen injection systems, electric vehicle (EV) motors, and lightweight cryogenic cylinders.

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

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However the finding also suggest that the economic downturn may have played its part in poor performance in the US, as car giant, General Motors’ poor financial performance is accompanied by the worst sustainability performance recorded. Its sodium oxide value contributions show the worst level of resource efficiency in the entire study.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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Cyclonatix, Inc is developing an industrial-sized motor/controller to operate with either DC or AC power sources, for applications in electric vehicles, solar-powered pumps, HVAC&R, gas compressors, and other commercial and industrial machines which require high efficiency, variable speed/torque, and low cost.

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The EV Transition Explained: Battery Challenges

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For example, the mineral requirements for an EV’s batteries and electric motors are six times that of an ICE vehicle, which can increase the average weight of an EV by 340 kgs (750 pounds). Another solution may be recycling both EV batteries as well as the waste and rejects from battery manufacturing, which can run.

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

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Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). 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. WASTE HEAT CAPTURE. Building Efficiency (3 projects). Water (1 project).

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