Rodinia is also pleased to announce that a second drill has been mobilized to the Salar de Diablillos project in Salta, Argentina and is expected to commence drilling within a week.
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BASF Breaks Ground for North America’s Most Advanced Production Facility for Lithium-Ion Battery Materials
Elyria, Ohio, plant represents the next step in company’s strategy to serve the lithium-ion battery market with advanced cathode materials.
Continue readingJohnson Controls Participates in the CLEPA Technology Day 2010 in Brussels
The company’s engineering teams focus on reducing the weight of interior without compromising comfort or safety.
Continue readingInternational Battery Lithium Ion Cells Pass Rigorous UN Testing
The cells include the 60Ah and 160 Ah iron phosphate as well as the 90Ah and 200Ah nickel cobalt manganese cells.
Continue readingEV Range Plus Energy Device to Eliminate Electric Vehicles ?Range Anxiety?
XP Vehicles? announced the availability for licensing of its patented EV Range Plus energy device to eliminate electric car ?range anxiety? by providing unlimited driving range for electric vehicles.
Continue readingHow Batteries Grow Old: Researchers Build Facility to Put Electric Vehicles Batteries to the Test
This research is being performed by Center for Automotive Research at OSU in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Institute of Standards Technology.
Continue readingSouthern California Edison Finalizes Stimulus Grant to Start Large-Scale Energy Storage Demonstration
The $25 million DOE grant matches funds totaling $29.9 million provided by SCE and its partners, including a $1 million grant from the California Energy Commission, resulting in a total project cost of $54.9 million.
Continue readingEnergy Storage Market for Wind Energy Industry to Reach $1.1 Billion by 2015
There will be a growing market for energy storage systems that will remove some of the major obstacles to wind farm generation and create a business opportunity for these wind turbines systems.
Continue readingBatteries smaller than a grain of salt
These tiny energy storage devices could one day be used to power the electronics and mechanical components of tiny micro- to nano-scale devices.
Continue readingHitachi, Johnson Controls to tie up in lithium-ion cells to power electric vehicles
Hitachi and Johnson Controls plan to explore the possibilities of cooperating in such areas as research and development, procurement, production, marketing and sales.
Continue readingLithium Battery Power Has Great Market Space
Lithium battery power as the “heart” of the new electric vehicles will see rapid development and will be produced to huge economic effect, while the market space is great for players concerned.
Continue readingValence Technology Announces Preliminary Results
Valence enables and powers some of the world’s most innovative and environmentally friendly applications, ranging from commercial electric vehicles to industrial and marine equipment.
Continue readingBoston-Power Named to 2010 Cleantech Group Global Cleantech 100
Lithium-ion Battery Innovator Included For Second Straight Year Among Prestigious List of World?s Most Promising Clean Technology Companies.
Continue readingReVolt Technology named a 2010 Global Cleantech 100 Company
ReVolt Technology received the award on the basis of its zinc-air, rechargeable battery technology, which provides a high energy solution for consumer and industrial market applications.
Continue readingLithium-Ion Technique for Electric Vehicles
A team of Rice University and Lockheed Martin scientists has discovered a way to use simple silicon to radically increase the capacity of lithium-ion batteries.
Continue readingContour Energy Systems Signs Exclusive Technology Licensing Agreement with MIT
Breakthrough Carbon Nanotube Technology Produces Up To Tenfold Increase in Lithium-Ion Battery Power.
Continue readingStatement by PRBA-The Rechargeable Battery Association on the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aler
The PRBA is encouraged by two FAA recommendations on lithium batteries that are consistent with PRBA’s long-standing positions, specifically our support for international regulations and increased FAA enforcement.
Continue readingLG Chem to provide lithium ion batteries to Renault
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemicals maker, said Thursday that it signed a formal deal to supply lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles made by French automaker Renault SA starting next year.
Continue readingAmerican Lithium Completes Sampling Program at the Borate Hills Project
American Lithium Minerals Inc. has completed a sampling program over the Borate Hills Project in Nevada. A total of 465 surface and trench samples were collected from the North and South Borate Hills project.
Continue readingLithium-Air Battery Technology to Be Addressed at 6th Lithium Mobile Power Conference
Lithium-air batteries are capable of extremely high energy densities, far greater than traditional lithium-ion batteries, potentially even rivaling the energy density of petroleum.
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