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Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a scalable, low-cost method to improve the joining of materials in solid-state batteries, resolving one of the big challenges in the commercial development of safe, long-lived energystorage systems.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has begun work on the Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL), a $75-million facility located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington that will boost clean energy adaptation and accelerate the development and deployment of long-duration, low-cost grid energystorage.
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(MHI), jointly with SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc), will begin an energystorage system demonstration project using the power grid in the UK’s Orkney Islands, which has a high proportion of renewable energy generation in relation to demand. In the project, Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe, Ltd.
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Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology have devised a low-cost, scalable approach to developing all-solid-state batteries, improving prospects for scaling up the technology for widespread use in electric vehicles, communications and other industrial applications. Si 1.08 ]P 1.65 S 12 (Li 3.45 [Sn 0.09 Si 0.36 ]P 0.55
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RANGE is focused on supporting chemistry and system concepts in energystorage with robust designs in one or both of: Category 1: Low-cost, rechargeable energystorage chemistries and architectures with robust designs; Category 2: Multifunctional energystorage designs.
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Friend Family Distinguished Professor of Engineering, have been exploring the use of low-cost materials to create rechargeable batteries that will make energystorage more affordable. These materials could also provide a safer and more environmentally friendly alternative to lithium-ion batteries.
ion Ventures, a modern utility and energystorage 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.
a leading producer of ultracapacitor-based energystorage products, will receive more than $500,000 in state and federal funding for collaborative energystorage research and development programs with three US-based companies. to determine how graphene might be used to increase the energy density of ultracapacitors.
Natron Energy, a developer of new battery cell technology based on Prussian Blue analogue electrodes and a sodium-ion electrolyte, has ( earlier post ), has been awarded a $3-million grant by the California Energy Commission (CEC) for “Advanced EnergyStorage for Electric Vehicle Charging Support.”
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million technology development contract to Zenlabs Energy Inc. in Fremont, California for development of low-cost, fast-charge (LC/FC) battery technology for electric vehicles (EVs). The contract award, which includes a 50% cost share, funds a 30-month project that began last month.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a thin-film, highly conductive solid-state electrolyte made of a polymer and ceramic-based composite for lithium metal batteries. The composite has very high ceramic loading of 77 wt% (61 vol%) and an ionic conductivity of 3.5 × 10 -5 S/cm at 20 °C with an activation energy of 0.43
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A research team led by Dr. Minah Lee of the EnergyStorage Research Center at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has developed a chemical activation strategy of magnesium metal that enables efficient operation of magnesium batteries in common electrolytes that are free of corrosive additives and can be mass-produced.
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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a nanometric graphite-like anode for sodium ion (Na + storage), formed by stacked graphene sheets functionalized only on one side, termed Janus graphene. The estimated sodium storage up to C 6.9 —Jinhua Sun, first author. —Vincenzo Palermo.
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million contract to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to lead a program to develop low-cost/fast-charge batteries for electric vehicle (EV) applications. The contract award, which includes a 50% cost share, funds a 36-month project that began earlier this year. —Yan Wang.
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