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New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

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The new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals, according to a study just published in Energy Storage Materials. The new sodium-based molten salt battery uses two distinct reactions. mAh cm −2 , a discharge duration of 28.2 —Weller et al.

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Siemens’ Russelectric adds EV charging to Massachusetts renewable microgrid

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Russelectric, a manufacturer of distributed energy and microgrid control systems for mission-critical commercial facilities that was acquired by Siemens in 2018, has added electrical vehicle charging capabilities at its Hingham, Massachusetts, facility. —Jason Martin, Head of Russelectric.

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EPRI, NREL, and U of Washington form UNIFI consortium to advance grid-forming inverters to support renewables

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Maintaining grid reliability amid increasing renewable energy penetration involves fundamental changes to power system operation and the resources leveraged to provide grid services. Six inverter manufacturers. Five simulation software vendors. Two North American system operators.

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DOE renews funding for PowerAmerica Institute; next-gen WBG semiconductors for power electronics

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The US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) renewed funding for PowerAmerica , DOE’s first Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute. Raleigh-based PowerAmerica commercialized more than 10 WBG technologies over five years.

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Tesla publishes Master Plan Part 3; $10.4T for a sustainable global energy economy

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Tesla’s modeling suggests that the electrified and sustainable future is technically feasible and requires less investment and less material extraction than continuing today’s unsustainable energy economy.

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Transportation’s Future Is Hybrid – in More Ways Than One

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by Alec Shkolnik, co-founder & CEO of LiquidPiston Months before stepping down as CEO of Toyota, Akio Toyoda zigged at a time when the rest of the automotive industry zagged: he argued for an electrified future powered by both EVs and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). Manufacturing costs. I couldn’t agree more. Emissions produced.

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DOE releases Energy Storage Grand Challenge Roadmap; 44% reduction in manufactured cost for 300-mile EV pack by 2030

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In addition to concerted research efforts, the Roadmap’s approach includes accelerating the transition of technologies from the lab to the marketplace, focusing on ways to manufacture competitively technologies at scale in the United States, and ensuring secure supply chains to enable domestic manufacturing.