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MAY 18, 2009

Li-ion battery manufacturer Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. ATL) to accelerate the commercialization of next-generation high-performance lithium-titanate battery cells. China-based ATL currently produces Lithium-ion polymer batteries under a license agreement with Valence Technology. Tags: Batteries.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Honda selected Toshiba Corporation’s SCiB rechargeable Li-ion battery to power the Fit EV. Toshiba will supply battery modules for the new car, which Honda will launch in summer 2012 in Japan and the US. The SCiB charges in about half the time of a typical Li-ion battery, Toshiba says. times that of other Li-ion batteries.

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MARCH 25, 2020

A team of scientists led by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has captured in real time how lithium ions move in lithium titanate (LTO), a fast-charging battery electrode material made of lithium, titanium, and oxygen.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Headquartered in Zhuhai, China, Canon is the holding company of Yintong Energy Company Ltd. YTE), which is a manufacturer of high-capacity and high-power lithium battery products. million for lithium-titanate at the time of signing; Altair is committed to ship 20 metric tons of this material prior to year-end.

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MARCH 11, 2010

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) will award $8 million to help develop or commercialize 19 advanced energy storage projects. The 19 projects, which include two lithium-air efforts, will leverage $7.3 This will enable increased renewable-energy contributions to the grid. Murray, Jr.,

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The company says that the energy version of technology (MN-eHP) exceeds 200 Wh/kg—one of the highest energy densities for a commercial Li-ion cell in a large prismatic design, according to the company. Higher energy density cells require fewer materials for a given energy capacity and therefore can be produced at lower costs.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

has selected Toshiba as the battery supplier for its next-generation, all-electric bus from Proterra Inc. The new fleet will use Toshiba’s Rechargeable Batteries (SCiB), a safe rechargeable battery solution with high-rate performance and long-life capabilities that is used in a wide range of applications, from EVs to grid energy storage.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has become majority stakeholder of XALT Energy, a Midland, Mich.-based based global developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion technology solutions targeted for heavy-duty mobility applications. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) We are delighted with this strategic venture.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

two providers of Li-ion-based energy storage solutions, have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) to co-market and cross-sell each others’ product portfolios. Collaborating with EnerDel recognizes the value of our complementary battery technologies and market strengths to create better solutions for our customers.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Researchers at UC San Diego, with their colleagues at other institutions, have developed a new anode material that enables lithium-ion batteries to be safely recharged within minutes for thousands of cycles. The capacity and energy will be a little bit lower than graphite, but it’s faster, safer and has a longer life.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

Invenergy LLC, a Chicago-based renewable energy generation company, and Xtreme Power, a provider of real-time power management and energy storage solutions, launched a joint venture to deploy a fast-acting energy storage system in Illinois. Xtreme Power’s 1.5

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

Ltd ( CATL ), a leading global supplier and manufacturer of lithium-ion battery products for electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage facilities, is renewing its commitment to the US market by opening its first North American sales and service facility. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

(INE), one of El Salvador’s largest electric generation utilities, to provide a turnkey 10 MM ALTI-ESS advanced li-ion battery system for frequency control. The ALTI-ESS uses Altairnano’s patented lithium-titanate battery chemistry for its energy storage system, which has been in commercial operation for approximately two years.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

XALT Energy has introduced a high-performance Lithium Titanium Oxide (LTO) cell that it says has achieved better cycle life performance over a wider range of operating conditions than any lithium-ion cell ever built. They easily fit applications requiring extremely high power-to-energy ratios and where safety is critical.

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JUNE 28, 2013

(TAURON) jointly to determine the necessary infrastructure needs for stationary energy storage systems based on lithium titanate batteries, and for the construction of power and frequency stabilization systems in Poland. Poland’s second-largest energy company. TAURON is a subsidiary of TAURON Polska Energia S.A.,

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

In an interview with the Financial Times , Shoshi Kawatsu, general manager of Toshiba’s Super Charge Battery (SCiB) division, said that the company expects to sign up about five car companies as customers for its new SCiB lithium-ion battery ( earlier post ). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JUNE 13, 2011

a leading maker of battery-electric commercial transit buses. Proterra’s EcoRide BE-35 battery electric bus ( earlier post ) is averaging up to 24 mpg (diesel equivalent) in service, a more than 600% improvement over a typical diesel bus. General Motors Ventures LLC will invest $6 million in Proterra Inc., Proterra Inc.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Kiepe Electric has ordered 80 standardized lithium-ion battery systems from Voltabox AG for trolleybuses. Each battery system is made up of three structurally identical standard containers, each of which contains 12 battery modules with lithium titanate (LTO) cells.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

higher energy capacity than lithium titanate (Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 , LTO). A team from Japan’s AIST and Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd. has developed a new titanium oxide material—H 2 Ti 12 O 25 —that exhibits 28.5% Charge-discharge curve of the new material vs.

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MAY 26, 2014

It is nonetheless possible to forecast the adoption of 48 V micro-hybrids, taking into account factors such as changing fuel prices, decreasing battery costs, shifting profit margins, the price premium compared to an internal combustion engine (ICE), and improving ICE efficiency, according to Lux. Noting a predicted 3.7 Noting a predicted 3.7

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JANUARY 8, 2015

Johnson Controls’ 12-V Lithium Titanate battery will power advanced start-stop vehicles. At the upcoming Detroit Auto Show, Johnson Controls will unveil a new 12V Lithium Titanate battery developed in collaboration with Toshiba for advanced start-stop applications. Batteries' Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have designed and synthesized a new titanium dioxide material—Mesoporous TiO 2 –B microspheres—for high-power lithium-ion batteries. Consequently, a lithium-ion battery that substitutes TiO 2 -B for the graphite electrode charges and discharges quickly.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has launched the Battery Cell Research Production Center, a new R&D and large-scale industrial manufacturing plant for lithium-ion cells; the center will receive an investment of €500 million.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

According to a new tracker report from Navigant Research, 38 new advanced energy storage projects were announced, deployed, or begun in the first 6 months of 2013. In total, there are now 633 energy storage projects operating or under development worldwide, the study concludes. —Anissa Dehamna, senior research analyst.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

The project was entirely funded through a Transit Investment in Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) II grant from the Federal Transit Administration. The 10-minute charging time is possible thanks to specially designed lithium titanate batteries.

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MARCH 12, 2013

Energy Innovation Group Ltd. EIG), a South Korean manufacturer of large format lithium-ion polymer battery cell technology, has developed a high performance lithium titanate oxide (LTO) anode cell targeting and enabling applications requiring high charge/discharge rates, long cycle life, and broad operating temperature range.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Swiss shipbuilding company Shiptec AG, based in Lucerne, and Siemens Energy SRL, Milan, have selected Leclanché to supply energy storage systems for two new hybrid-powered vessels that will operate on Lake Geneva. The first of the nine ships ordered by Grimaldi is currently undergoing sea trials.

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MARCH 25, 2015

XALT Energy (originally founded in 2009 as Dow-Kokam, LLC), a leading developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries, signed a global exclusive agreement with Hybrid Kinetic Group (HK Group) of China for the supply of its Lithium Titanate (LTO) batteries from its manufacturing facilities in Midland, Michigan for all-electric buses in China.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Automotive lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel, Inc. million contract to design and build high-performance lithium-ion battery systems for the hybrid version of the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or Humvee), the XM1124 Humvee. TARDEC will test two of EnerDel’s battery chemistries. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 5, 2009

President Obama announced 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that will receive $2.4 The announcement marks the single largest investment in advanced battery technology for hybrid and electric-drive vehicles ever made. billion in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. DOE Award ($mil.). Technology.

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OCTOBER 5, 2012

will provide a 2MW ALTI-ESS Advantage advanced energy storage system to provide ramp-rate control for smoothing the power fluctuations associated with photovoltaic applications in addition to frequency regulation for the San Fermin 26 MW photovoltaic solar farm in Loiza, Puerto Rico. Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2015

With the new TerraVolt XR extended-range battery, Proterra buses can now be configured to travel up to 180 miles (290 km) between charges. This newest high energy density battery complements the existing TerraVolt FC fast-charge battery which has been extensively tested over nearly one million customer revenue miles.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

The Solar Impulse 2 —the solar airplane that recently completed a round-the-world flight— used batteries from Kokam, based on that company’s advanced Ultra High Energy Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) Oxide (Ultra High Energy NMC) technology. Total mass of the batteries is 633kg (2,077 lb).

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MAY 29, 2015

Korea have designed a novel silicon-based multicomponent anode material for high energy density Li-ion batteries. A paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science. Nanostructured Si-based materials are key building blocks for next-generation energy storage devices. Researchers in S.

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JULY 13, 2018

Fast charging in cold or even cool temperatures brings the risk of lithium plating—the formation of metallic lithium that drastically reduces battery life and even results in safety hazards. Here, we make an attempt to free battery science from trade-offs. Schematic of the self-heating lithium-ion battery structure.

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MARCH 8, 2016

Kokam has successfully deployed two Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) Oxide Energy Storage Systems (ESSs)—a 24-megawatt (MW) system / 9-megawatt hour (MWh) and a 16 MW / 6 MWh system—for frequency regulation on the South Korean electricity grid. Improved heat dissipation: With a heat dissipation rate that is 1.6

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

The manganese spinel system, Amine said, has excellent power capability—much better than any other existing lithium-ion system—allowing the possibility of designing small batteries, which could lead to significant cost reduction. Co 15 Al 0.05 O 2 ) cell. XRD of new Argonne nano-Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 spinel. Click to enlarge.

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