“It makes the whole idea of having wind energy more attractive,” said Colette Lamontagne, an associate director with Navigant Consulting.

Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ABAT) is a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of rechargeable Polymer Lithium-Ion (PLI) batteries as well as a manufacturer of electric vehicles.

The project is a collaborative testing ground researching both the reliability and applicability of integrating various energy storage technologies, partnered with PV systems, on the grid.

The report discusses the trends, forecasts, and applications of energy storage technologies. Certain geographic markets that are pioneers in energy storage and research activities such as Japan, China, and South Korea.

Although lithium-ion technology dominates headlines in battery for electric vehicles, a new element is making its presence known as a potentially powerful alternative: sodium.

Over the past few years, the automotive industry has increased its focus on the electric car (EV) battery market by successfully introducing several new plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric cars.

Lithium-ion batteries are applied in electric vehicles, but their storage capacity is limited.

Eight technologies – batteries, compressed air storage, flywheels, hydrogen, superconducting magnetic energy storage, thermal energy storage, ultracapacitors, and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) – will compete head-to-head.

Hydro-Quebec (Canada) and Technifin (South Africa) announce that they have entered into an agreement relating to the lithium titanate spinel oxide (LTO) technologies, notably for lithium-ion battery applications.

The Knowledge Foundation has announced that a record number of organizations from around the world will participate in the 2nd Battery Safety and 7th Lithium Battery Power conferences in Las Vegas, NV from November 7-10.

Panasonic is to supply enough cells for 80,000 Tesla Model S electric cars over the next four years, including meeting Tesla’s need for 6,000 preorders in 2012.

The next generation of hybrid electric vehicles and pure electric cars are being designed to use high-capacity Lithium-ion batteries as environmentally-friendly fuel alternatives

Hitachi is one of the few automotive suppliers with the capability to develop and produce its own lithium-ion batteries for electric cars.

Toyota plans to improve the lithium ion batteries and commercialize it sometime in 2015 to 2020 for electric vehicles.

Advanced Battery Technologies is a leading manufacturer and distributor of rechargeable polymer lithium-ion batteries.

Motive power batteries are utilized in electric forklift trucks and other commercial electric vehicles.

The batteries use an organic sulfur compound to help prevent the buildup of internal resistance in lithium batteries that gradually cuts their power output and life span.

Lithium batteries are key to the development of electric vehicles. Bolivia has the largest reserves of lithium, although its operation is problematic, unlike Chile and Argentina.

EASE was set up by Enel and 12 other European operators with the aim of promoting storage of energy, specially of electricity, designed to play a strategic role in future energy systems.

SANYO is also displaying its advanced energy storage system, each with 312 18650 lithium-ion cylindrical cells, the same cell used in laptop computers and electric vehicles.