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Pike Research forecasts worldwide grid energy storage spending to reach $22B by 2021, down from 2010 forecast of $35B

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In its new report Energy Storage on the Grid (ESG), Pike Research forecasts that global spending in the ESG market will reach a little over $22 billion over the next 10 years. Energy storage on the grid is reaching a turning point. Installed revenue by ESG technology, worldwide. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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USABC Issues Requests for Proposal Information for Four Energy Storage Projects for Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

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USABC has carried out a number of battery development programs, focusing on low-cost and long-life batteries with varying power-to-energy ratios. The USABC is currently working under a cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Energy (DOE) for the development of high performance batteries. Click to enlarge.

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UK Government pledges £16.5M in new R&D funding to boost low carbon transport innovation; engines, energy storage, PEEM, and lightweighting

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energy storage and energy management. Projects may also take on higher risk technology challenges to support a higher return on investment for the auto industry and aggressively attack future CO 2 challenges. power electronics and electric machines (PEEM). lightweight vehicle and powertrain structures.

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Toyota energy storage, Mercedes EQB details, Ford CEO on EV shakeout: Today’s Car News

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Toyota gets in the home energy storage business—albeit only in Japan, for now. And Ford’s CEO sees EVs as the spark for a big industry consolidation. Is the auto industry headed for a big shakeout, and a price war over EVs? Mercedes puts a price on its EQB electric SUV. In a financial.

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Argonne white paper outlines battery and R&D requirements for electric aviation

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A new white paper published by the Argonne National Laboratory Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) outlines a clear set of battery requirements and research and development needs to accelerate the commercialization of electric propulsion for aviation—from air taxis in the near term to 737 class aircraft in the long term.

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Lux: China’s advanced energy storage market to quadruple to $8.7B in 2025; 85% share by transport

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Driven by environmental problems, a growing auto industry, and a big policy push, China’s advanced energy storage market will be worth $8.7 billion, according to a new report from Lux Research called “ Clearing the Haze: Demystifying Energy Storage Opportunities in China ”.

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Ford, University of Michigan open $8M battery lab focused on test production of advanced technologies

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This is sorely needed, and no one else in the auto industry has anything like it. The University of Michigan is also one of the institutions participating in the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) $120-million Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) Battery and Energy Storage Hub ( Earlier post.).

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