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EnerDel to Supply Batteries for Japanese Electric Bus Demo

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Lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel has been selected to provide the heavy-duty battery systems used to power Japan’s first lithium-ion-powered electric bus. It is the third such announcement from the “Green Crossover Town,” an EnerDel-ITOCHU collaboration, previewed at EnerDel’s technical seminar last week in Indiana.

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Duke Energy and ITOCHU to assess second-life applications for Li-ion automotive batteries

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Reuse possibilities for these batteries include providing a supplemental home energy supply, storing renewable power and providing a fast-charging power source for EVs. Initial testing will occur in Duke Energy’s Indiana service territory.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Sentient Science (West Lafayette, Indiana). Energy Storing Efficient HVAC, $595,558. Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. (Clermont, Kentucky).

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First Drive: 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV plugs a benchwarmer into the grid

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The toughest issue in fuel-cell models is typically where to store the hydrogen tanks, which need to be cylindrical, a shape that doesn’t pair well with seating, cargo space, or aero-savvy. The few hundred Honda makes per year will be essentially handbuilt in Marysville, Indiana.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. Battery Powered Zero Emission Circulator Buses: Innovative Quick Opportunity Charge, Lithium-Ion Titanate Battery Powered Community Bus program.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. DaimlerChrysler has presented plug-in hybrids in commercial vans that have enough room to store the batteries, but the technology is not quite ripe for cars."Plug-in

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