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Faradion and Phillips 66 to develop lower cost and higher-performing sodium-ion battery materials

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Sodium-ion battery technology has an inherent advantage over other power-storage technologies because it uses low-cost materials that are sustainable and widely available. We’re pleased to put some of our resources into play with Faradion as it works to bring game-changing technology to market using our high-performing anode materials.

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Project CaSino investigating calcium-sulfur batteries

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Lithium is a stellar element for an electrochemical cell in many ways—it combines a high power storage capacity and cell voltage with fast ion migration. It is funded with €3 million by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). This enables compact batteries and fast loading and discharging.

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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

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BMW i announced a home stationary energy storage system solution integrating its BMW i3 vehicle battery at EVS 29 in Montréal. The system utilizes BMW i3 high-voltage batteries and can be expanded to incorporate second-life batteries as they become available in the market.

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ELIIY Begins Mass Production of Li-ion Batteries

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Keio University spin-out ELIIY Power Co., ELIIY plans to market stationary power systems for commercial and residential applications. has begun operations at its new Li-ion battery manufacturing plant in Kawasaki. Earlier post.).

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Toshiba to supply 40MW-40MWh Li-ion storage system to Tohuku Electric Power

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Toshiba Corporation will supply a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) to Tohoku Electric Power Company’s “Minami-Soma Substation Project to Verify the Improvement of Supply-demand Balance With Large-capacity Power Storage Systems″. end of February 2016.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

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No new nuclear power plants operational. Rush to implement Green Power. Solar also generates a good share of the power generated when the sun shines. No Storage. Centrica closed the vast Rough storage facility in 2017 prompting concerns about gas pricing. Implementing a price cap for retailers.

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New Li-S battery shows cycle performance comparable to that of Li-ion batteries along with more than double the energy density

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The team, led by a group from Hanyang University, used a highly reversible dual-type sulfur cathode (solid sulfur electrode and polysulfide catholyte) and a lithiated Si/SiO x nanosphere anode. sulfur battery system adopting alloy-type anode materials needs to be advanced further before they can penetrate the rechargeable battery market.

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