The answer is renewable energy storage, which is creating new market opportunities for the development of compressed air energy storage (CAES) as a solution for peak power supply and grid management.
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AmeriLithium Requests First Draw Down on $10 Million Finance Agreement
AmeriLithium (OTC Bulletin Board: AMEL; “AmeriLithium” or “the Company”) announces the Company has requested its first draw down from its $10 million finance agreement to commence Paymaster Project in Nevada.
Continue readingGM Doubling Size of Most Technologically Advanced Automotive Battery Lab in the US
Bolsters GM?s leadership in automotive lithium ion batteries technology and electricic vehicles, such as the Chevrolet Vol. $8-million expansion doubles size of Global Battery Systems Lab on the GM Technical Center.
Continue readingElectric vehicles firms target wind power second life for old batteries
Electric car manufacturers are planning to give a second life to old batteries by selling them on to wind farm developers for use as a potentially cost effective form of energy storage.
Continue readingAdvanced Battery Technologies Announces New Orders of Electric Vehicles
Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. (ABAT) announced that it obtained approximately $1.6 million in new orders of electric vehicles during its product promotion conference held in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China.
Continue readingFirst electric car charging station in East China
The first large electric car charging station in east China’s Shandong Province, capable of charging 45 cars at a time, is being built in Linyi City, as part of a program to promote the development of electric vehicles.
Continue readingFord has decided to build battery packs for electric cars at its Rawsonville Plant
Ford Motor Co. said building battery packs for electric vehicles at a plant in Michigan will protect hundreds of jobs and create new ones.
Continue readingSK Energy joins U.S.-led electric vehicle consortium
SK Energy Co. announced it will join a technology assessment program led by the U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC), to share information on the development of advanced batteries for electric vehicles.
Continue readingEast China to get first lithium high-tech zone
China’s first Lithium-New Energy High-tech Industry Base is to be established in Yichun City in the eastern Jiangxi Province.
Continue readingJohn Searle Joins ReVolt Technology
ReVolt Technology, a technology company, which has developed a rechargeable zinc-air battery, announced that John Searle has accepted the appointment as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of ReVolt Technology.
Continue readingAmeriLithium’s Australia Project Situated to Exploit China’s Market
AmeriLithium (AMEL) is pleased to underscore that the Company’s recently acquired Western Australia project is ideally situated to take advantage of the growing demand for Lithium in China’s emerging market.
Continue readingDemand for Lithium Carbonate Doubled From 2003-2007
Mammoth Energy Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MMTE) announced demand for lithium carbonate doubled from 2003 to 2007, and the market for lithium-ion batteries may expand to 14 times its 2009 size by 2030.
Continue readingEndesa recharges electric vehicles in 15 minutes
The CHAdeMO association was set up a year ago by major players in the Japanese market to develop a fast charge standard for electric vehicles.
Continue readingHitachi doubles lithium ion batteries life
Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT / TSE:6501,hereinafter Hitachi) announced that has developed a method to double the life span of its lithium-ion batteries to more than 10 years.
Continue readingAmeriLithium’s Americana Project Poised to Exploit North American Market
AmeriLithium (AMEL) is pleased to underscore that the Company’s recently acquired Americana project is ideally situated – geophysically, geographically and geopolitically – to the North American Lithium market.
Continue readingSmithsonian?s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Selects Coulomb Technologies ChargePoint
Coulomb Technologies today announced that the Smithsonian?s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum has selected their ChargePoint® Networked Charging Station for electric vehicles (EV).
Continue readingEnable IPC Update to Shareholders on Ultracapacitors, Renewable Energy Storage and Potentiostats
Enable IPC Corporation (PINKSHEETS: EIPC) issued an update to shareholders and interested parties, focusing on the Company’s ultracapacitors, applications in renewable energy storage and new potentiostat product line.
Continue readingMIT Report Progress on Development for Lithium-Air Batteries
Researchers at MIT have taken a step closer towards a technology that could lead to lightweight batteries with up to three times the energy density of any battery that currently exists.
Continue readingThe Launch of Electric Vehicles Is Commercializing Demand for Lithium
Nissan Motor Co. unveiled its new electric car, the Leaf, which will hit showrooms across the US a month after the GM Volt. Both cars are powered by lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingElektromotive Leads the Way in Ireland’s Electric Vehicles Revolution
Ireland is on course to become one of Europe’s most pro-electric vehicle (EV) nations, and recharging infrastructure provider Elektromotive has been engaged to get the country’s green motoring revolution under way.
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