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MAY 20, 2020

Northvolt and Vattenfall have launched of a new battery energy storage solution, Voltpack Mobile System—a rugged, highly modular lithium-ion battery system envisioned as a zero-emission alternative to replace diesel generators. The hub also serves as an interface for applications, and houses inverter and auxiliary systems.

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DECEMBER 28, 2019

Highview Power Storage, Inc., a provider of long duration energy storage solutions, and Encore Renewable Energy, a developer of renewable energy generation and storage projects, jointly announced plans to develop the United States’ first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system.

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JULY 15, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released the Energy Storage Grand Challenge Draft Roadmap and a Request for Information (RFI) seeking stakeholder input on the Draft Roadmap. Categories of storage included in the Energy Storage Grand Challenge. Over the Fiscal Years 2017-2019, DOE has invested more than $1.2

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Hydrogen can cause brittleness in several metals including ferritic steel—high-chromium, magnetic stainless steels that have a low carbon content that are used in structural components of buildings, automobile gears and axles, and industrial equipment.

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MAY 6, 2023

Rimac Technology is entering the stationary Energy Storage Systems (ESS) market with the launch of Rimac Energy. Rimac Technology is the Rimac Group entity that designs, engineers and produces high-performance EV components and systems to help the industry build hybrid and electric vehicles.

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JULY 26, 2021

With existing and forthcoming emissions mandates, DANNAR and Nuvera would be able to meet the needs of organizations and industries seeking clean energy options for mobility. can provide up to a half Megawatt of energy storage in its high-capacity BMW lithium-ion battery packs.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

Energy storage installations around the world are projected to reach a cumulative 411 GW (or 1,194 GWh) by the end of 2030, according to the latest forecast from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). That is 15 times the 27GW/56GWh of storage that was online at the end of 2021.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Niobium is a metal primarily used by the steel industry as a ferroalloy strengthening element. Adding niobium reduces the amount and weight of steel required, an important feature for the automotive industry but also for infrastructure. 2018) “Niobium tungsten oxides for high-rate lithium-ion energy storage.”

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MARCH 11, 2020

This award marks the first Advanced Class Gas Turbines in the industry specifically designed and purchased as part of a comprehensive plan to sequentially transition from coal, to natural gas and finally to renewable hydrogen fuel, and creates a roadmap for the global industry to follow. Earlier post.). and Hitachi, Ltd.

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MAY 26, 2022

SolarEdge Technologies and SolarEdge’s subsidiary, Kokam Limited Company, a provider of lithium-ion batteries and integrated energy storage solutions, announced the opening of “Sella 2”, a two gigawatt-hour (GWh) battery cell manufacturing facility.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The first charging station for EVs that uses energy storage based on second-life batteries from Irizar e-mobility is up and running. The latter company employs people with disabilities from Gipuzkoa and they carried out the entire industrial assembly of the storage module.

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MARCH 13, 2020

Commercial fast-charging stations subject electric car batteries to high temperatures and high resistance that can cause them to crack, leak, and lose their storage capacity, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in a new open-access study published in the journal Energy Storage.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The next generation Axess EVO-BE will feature 738 kWh of battery energy storage. The battery system and energy storage for the bus are supplied by Proterra Powered, a manufacturer of battery packs for electric vehicles.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

Skeleton Technologies, a developer of curved graphene-based supercapacitor and battery energy storage, officially launched its SuperBattery ( earlier post ), and announced Shell as a partner. Skeleton goes after the high-power part of the energy storage market and we estimate the addressable market size to be €95 billion.

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APRIL 15, 2022

Starting in 2023, the 40-foot Proterra ZX5 Max electric transit bus can be equipped with up to 738 kilowatt hours (kWh) of onboard energy. Through this enhancement, Proterra transit buses now feature the most energy storage of any 40-foot electric bus available in the North American market.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The 40-foot Proterra ZX5 can be equipped with 660 kWh of energy storage to deliver up to 329 miles of drive range, which represents the most energy storage and longest drive range of any 40-foot electric bus available in the market today.

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MAY 13, 2021

Expanding the use of salt caverns for hydrogen energy storage in other regions offers a significant opportunity to create an infrastructure for clean energy resources throughout the US to benefit industries such as power, transportation and manufacturing that are targeting net zero carbon emissions.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Electrify America and NFI Industries announced plans for the US’ single largest charging infrastructure project to support heavy-duty electric trucks, with 34 ultra-fast DC chargers slated for completion by December 2023.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

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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DECEMBER 30, 2021

The battery cell was developed at Northvolt Labs, Northvolt’s industrialization factory in Västerås, Sweden, which has been in production since early 2020. To these customers in the automotive, industrial and energy storage sectors, Northvolt Ett will deliver cells of varying formats with commercial deliveries beginning in 2022.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

The batteries manufactured at the City of Industry facility will feature Proterra’s redesigned modules with next-generation cells developed with LG Energy Solution. Since 2016, Proterra and LG engineering teams have been collaborating to maximize cell performance to meet the stringent requirements of commercial vehicle markets.

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APRIL 7, 2023

trillion manufacturing investment (as compared to the $14 trillion projected 20-year spend on fossil fuels at the 2022 investment rate), 240 TWh of energy storage, and 30 TW of renewable power, according to Tesla’s calculations.

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MARCH 23, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a set of reports— Pathways to Commercial Liftoff —that provide guidance for bringing advanced nuclear, clean hydrogen and long-duration energy storage into the commercial mainstream. DOE also encourages direct public input.

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JUNE 29, 2022

ICPT ), a manufacturer of battery systems for transportation, robotics and stationary energy storage in Europe, has begun construction of GigafactoryX. The production process will be powered by photovoltaic installation stabilized by energy storage built from recycled battery systems previously used in public transport.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Ulstein has introduced its second hydrogen hybrid vessel design for the offshore industry. The downside however of a high-power battery energy storage system (BESS) is the heavy weight and cost. H 2 storage system: 7 x 40ft containers compressed H 2. Battery energy storage.

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MARCH 2, 2021

For the first time, the plane powered along a runway propelled by its 500 hp (400 kW) electric powertrain and the latest energy storage technology developed to set world speed records and enable a new generation of urban air mobility concepts.

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JUNE 3, 2023

The storage battery market is expected to continue growing in light of the spread of renewable energy and electrified vehicles, as well as the global trend toward carbon neutrality.

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MARCH 11, 2023

UP Catalyst’s electrode material also exhibits excellent stability and improved energy density, making it a promising candidate for large-scale energy storage applications. We are thrilled with the results of these tests and the potential they hold for the future of energy storage.

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MARCH 3, 2023

The Department of Energy (DOE) is funding six research and development projects that will repurpose domestic coal resources for high-value graphitic products and carbon-metal composites that can be employed in clean energy technologies. Industry partners include MetalKraft Technologies LLC, Fisk Alloy Inc., Earlier post.)

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JULY 28, 2019

Wood-based carbon can be utilized as a crucial component in batteries typically used in consumer electronics, the automotive industry and large-scale energy storage systems. Stora Enso has been producing lignin industrially at its Sunila Mill in Finland since 2015.

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MARCH 11, 2021

ion Ventures, a modern utility and energy storage infrastructure specialist, and LiNa Energy , a solid-state battery technology developer, concluded their first successful trial of LiNa’s proprietary solid-state sodium-nickel battery platform at an undisclosed location in South East England last week.

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MAY 3, 2021

Rising global demand for electric vehicles and economic energy storage systems has led to projections showing an orders-of-magnitude increase in demand for lithium. Some in the electric vehicle (EV) industry have likened lithium mining to the early days of oil exploration. Earlier post.) tons by 2040.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

We look forward to close collaboration with these industry leaders to accelerate development and deployment of the next level of equipment designed to reduce greenhouse gases from mining operations and ultimately achieve the goal of zero-emission mining.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

ETH Zurich spin-off Synhelion has started the construction of DAWN—its own industrial plant to produce synthetic fuels using solar heat. Located in Jülich, Germany, the facility will demonstrate the entire process from concentrating sunlight to producing synthetic liquid fuel on an industrial scale. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 29, 2021

The project—Integrated Flight Control, Energy Storage and Propulsion Technologies for Electric Aircraft (InCEPTion)—is supported and co-funded by the UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute and Innovate UK and was launched this month.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

A Siemens Energy-led consortium has begun work in Newcastle, UK on a new £3.5 million) ammonia cracker prototype designed to produce green hydrogen at industrial scale. This innovative green ammonia cracker could be a game-changer for scaling up the green hydrogen industry – an important step to drive the energy transition.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

This battery material is based on an amine, a chemical intermediate that BASF can produce on an industrial scale. RFBs store electrical energy in chemical compounds. Electrical energy is absorbed during charging and released during discharging. BASF will supply one of the two electrolytes as part of the collaboration.

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