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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. The selected projects include advanced battery systems (including flow batteries), flywheels, and compressed air energy systems. New York State Electric & Gas Corporation.

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Univ. of Texas researchers propose lithium- or sodium-water batteries as next generation of high-capacity battery technology; applicable for EVs and grid storage

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Example of a lithium-water rechargeable battery. The cell operates without a catalyst and has high storage efficiency. The possibility of a flow-through mode for the cathode allows flexibility of the cell design for safe, large-capacity electrical-energy storage at an acceptable cost, they conclude. Credit: ACS, Lu et al.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. The need for large-scale electrochemical energy storage as a grid-stabilizing source of demand disappeared.

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Li-Ion Battery Researchers Work To Improve Precision Measurements of Charging, Estimations of Cycle Life; Highlight Need For Further Order of Magnitude Improvement In Accuracy

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The Keithley 2750 and 2000 devices are high-precision voltmeters, and. CE is typically measured by the device that discharges and recharges the cell or half-cell under test in the lab. Comparative accuracy of commercially available precision battery chargers and Dalhousie high-precision charger array. by Jack Rosebro.

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EV Guru: Sodium-Ion Batteries are Coming Sooner Than You think!

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None of the sodium Ion batteries are commercial yet, but serious competition for lithium could soon be on the way. ​Rechargeable sodium-ion batteries are similar in construction to lithium-ion ones. If they can improve their gravimetric energy density, they can be a serious player. They both are alkaline metals.

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MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

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Researchers at the Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES), a partnership between the MIT Materials Processing Center and Lomonosov Moscow State University, are focusing on the development of higher capacity batteries. Craig Carter, with their associates, published a study in Advanced Energy Materials (Li et al.

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EADS demonstrating electric and hybrid aviation propulsion; innovative distributed propulsion series hybrid

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The final certified version of the Elektro 6 will features all the systems of a conventional commercial aircraft including retractable landing gear, anti-ice system, cabin pressure and air conditioning. New batteries with a higher energy density will be installed later on, which will increase the endurance to up to 1 hour 30 min.

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