Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The University of Michigan (U-M) and eight partner institutions will explore the use of ceramic ion conductors as replacements for the traditional liquid or polymer electrolytes in common lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and in flow cells for storing renewable energy in the grid.

Lithium Ion 199

Lithium Ion Energy Storage Michigan Universal 199

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Monique closes her EV’s fueling port and heads onto the highway with enough stored energy to drive 640 kilometers (400 miles). Nanofluids suspended in water-based electrolytes were first investigated for this application in 2009 by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Lithium Ion 145

Lithium Ion Battery Batteries Li-ion 145

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Design, build, test, commission, and operate a utility-scale 20 MW flywheel energy storage frequency regulation plant in Chicago, Illinois, and provide frequency regulation services to the grid operator, the PJM Interconnection. Demonstration of Sodium Ion Battery for Grid Level Applications. 24,063,978. 48,127,957. 10,792,045.

Energy Storage 270

Energy Storage Grid Energy Wind 270

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, in collaboration with MC10, Inc., DOE grant: $7,200,000).

Energy 231

Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion 231