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Advanced Battery For Electric Vehicles Summit
Experts will examine the economics of Electric Vehicles battery reuse, potential business models for EV battery repurposing and the economics and challenges of Li-Ion battery recycling.
Continue readingValence Technology Lithium Phosphate Batteries Pass First Phase of Ford Test
Lithium phosphate batteries earned favorable first phase reviews during a large electric car assessment program being conducted by Ford-Werke GmbH in Cologne, Germany.
Continue readingChu Visits Lithium Ion Batteries Plant for Electric Vehicles in Michigan
Two years ago, A123 Systems received $249 million in Recovery Act funds to manufacture lithium ion batteries for electric cars.
Continue readingShowa Denko K.K. to expand materials used in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries
Showa Denko KK (SDK) has decided to expand its production capacities for materials used in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries (LIBs).
Continue readingSuper batteries for electric vehicles
A team, led by Dan Li of Monash University, says that a combination of two ordinary materials — graphite and water — could help produce such “super batteries” which perform on par with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingInvestment in Energy Storage Technologies to Reach $122 Billion by 2021
The integration of renewable energy ? primarily wind energy ? will represent approximately 50% of the total capacity deployed for long duration energy storage.
Continue readingThe future of energy storage
High-speed, reliable and cost-effective energy storage systems are critical for the future viability of electricity from renewable resources. These systems are also the key to large-scale adoption of electrical vehicles.
Continue readingNEC Launches Household Energy Storage System
NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today the sales launch of a household energy storage system equipped with lithium-ion batteries that automatically controls electrical power in the home.
Continue readingNew way to store solar energy
The key to controlling solar thermal storage is an energy barrier separating the two stable states the molecule can adopt; the detailed understanding of that barrier was central to Grossman?s earlier research.
Continue readingInitiative to Boost Michigan’s Advanced Battery Industry for Electric Vehicles
America is losing the race to other countries around the world in lithium ion batteries development for electric cars, which is critical to advanced battery production in Michigan and across the country.
Continue readingCheaper lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles
A Beijing startup called Wuhe is making electrode materials and batteries that could lower the cost of electric cars.
Continue readingEnergy Storage in Commercial Buildings
Buildings represent a large portion of total energy consumption and many of their occupants are actively seeking ways of better managing their energy costs.
Continue readingEnergy Storage Suppliers for Electric Vehicles
Lux Research ranks technology developers in both Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors on the Lux Innovation Grid to help determine which will make the strongest potential partners as the electric car market matures.
Continue readingFuture of electric vehicles hinges on better lithium ion batteries
Electric cars are a game-changing technology with an Achilles? heel ? the battery. The Obama administration has poured $2.4 billion into electric car lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingBetter lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow has announced new legislation she says will boost automakers’ search for better advanced batteries for electric cars.
Continue readingEnergy Storage Solutions
SOLON Corporation, one of the largest providers of turnkey solar power plants in the US, will partner with Tucson Electric Power (TEP) and the Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy (AzRISE).
Continue readingEnergy Storage in Commercial Buildings
In some markets, these requirements are met by TES and by flow batteries now, and possibly by lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries in a few years.
Continue readingFeasibility of Automotive Battery Recycling Industry
These will be on re-using electric vehicles batteries for electricity storage in the utilities sector and the recycling of tracked electric car Li-ion batteries.
Continue readingJV to Manufacture Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries For Electric Vehicles
The Dow Chemical Company and Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube) announced an agreement to form a joint venture to manufacture and market formulated electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in energy storage.
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