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Michigan and Argonne Join Forces to Drive Clean Energy Transition
Using cutting-edge scientific research to realize a cleaner and more resilient Michigan economy is the aim of a newly formed partnership between the state and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory."Today's (April 4) MOU (Memorandum of understanding) will help us achieve our goal of 100% clean energy by 2040," said Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. "We are excited to partner ...
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DOE Announces $131 Million to Supercharge America's EV Battery Supply Chain
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Jan 18) announced more than $131 million for projects to advance research and development in electric vehicle batteries and charging systems, and funding for a consortium to address critical priorities for the next phase of widescale EV commercialization. The advanced battery consortium will work towards developing advanced technologies that will ...
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Grid-Connected Hybrid Storage Facility Using Second Life Batteries in Santa Barbara County, CA
B2U Storage Solutions, a leading provider of large-scale energy storage systems using second-life electric vehicle batteries, announced this week that the SEPV Cuyama facility has begun operations. This facility, the company's second hybrid battery storage site, is located in Santa Barbara County, CA near the community of New Cuyama. The 12MWh facility uses hundreds of EV batteries sourced from ...
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Why Do Batteries Sometimes Catch Fire and Explode?
By Theresa Duque Key Takeaways Scientists have gained new insight into why thermal runaway, while rare, could cause a resting battery to overheat and catch fire. In order to better understand how a resting battery might undergo thermal runaway after fast charging, scientists are using a technique called “operando X-ray microtomography” to measure changes in the state of charge at the ...
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2024 World Battery & Energy Storage Industry Expo (WBE)
2024 World Battery & Energy Storage Industry Expo (WBE)2024 World Hydrogen Energy Industry Expo (WHE)Date: August 8th-10th, 2024Venue: 1st and 2nd Floor, Area A, China Import and Export Fair ComplexAddress: No.380, Yuejiang Zhong Road, Guangzhou, China Review of WBE 2023Organized by Guangzhou Honest Exhibition Co., Ltd, the 8th World Battery & Energy Storage Industry Expo (WBE 2023) was ...
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PNNL: The Future of Grid Energy Storage Starts Today
by JoAnna Wendel, PNNL In a decarbonized, electrified future, next-generation batteries will improve the reliability and resilience of the electrical grid while allowing increased integration of renewable energy. These batteries will also be able to provide backup power during or after natural disasters, like ice storms, extreme heat waves, hurricanes, and more. A new facility called the Grid ...
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Alfa Chemistry: Lithium-Ion Battery Testing Contributes to Enhanced Battery Performance
Earlier this month, Alfa Chemistry announced the launch of its lithium-ion battery testing service, in a hope to support the growing demand for alternative energy sources. The service newly released is designed to provide reliable and accurate testing for lithium-ion batteries. Currently, lithium-ion batteries enjoy prevalence in fields like automotive, consumer electronics and renewable energy ...
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Swissgrid Completes Pilot Project to Integrate Decentralized Energy Resources
Swissgrid and ewz successfully completed a pilot project on coordination between transmission and distribution system operators in collaboration with Equigy. In December 2022, Swissgrid and ewz successfully completed a pilot project on the coordination between a transmission system operator and distribution system operators regarding the use of distributed energy resources such as batteries, heat ...
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Powering the Future: NREL Research Finds Opportunities for Breakthrough Battery Designs
In the 200 years after its invention, the extraordinary battery has undergone significant evolutions to meet modern applications. These self-contained energy sources are key to our increasingly connected society, powering our communication and transportation networks. With the shift to renewable energy, a new era of electrification is on the horizon, supported in large part by the breakthrough ...
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Fluence and Litgrid Energy Storage-as-Transmission Pilot Project Wins S&P Global Energy Award
Fluence Energy, a global provider of energy storage products and services, and cloud-based software for renewables and storage, and Litgrid, the Lithuanian transmission system operator, won a prestigious international S&P Global Energy Award 2022 in the Grid Edge category. The award was given for a battery-based energy storage-as-transmission pilot project deployed in Lithuania by Litgrid and ...
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Redwood & Rotary: creating recycling pathways for lithium-ion batteries and consumer devices
Rotary International formed the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG) to focus on and support environmental projects, globally. In 2021, a member of the Los Altos Rotary Club and an ESRAG Board member, Clari Nolet, reached out Stanford University Professor, Sally Benson, for ideas on how they could create community-based projects to make the greatest environmental impact.?? ...
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Miele relies on hydrogen-powered service vans from Opel
Following initial successful tests with battery-powered service vans, Miele, the world leading premium supplier of domestic appliances and commercial machines, is now also turning its attention to hydrogen-powered vehicles. The Vivaro-e HYDROGEN, equipped with a fuel cell and produced by Opel in Rüsselsheim, has a load volume of up to 6.1 m3 and a payload of 960 kg. After the test phase, the ...
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U.S. to Invest $3 Billion to Strengthen U.S. Supply Chain for Advanced Batteries
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Feb 11) issued two notices of intent to provide $2.91 billion to boost production of the advanced batteries that are critical to rapidly growing clean energy industries of the future, including electric vehicles and energy storage, as directed by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Department intends to fund battery materials refining and production ...
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Duke Energy Launches 'Bring Your Own Battery' Study
Duke Energy Florida has launched an innovative "Bring Your Own Battery" (BYOB) study to test potential enhancements to the energy grid and support the growth of renewable energy in the Sunshine State. The purpose of the study is to learn more about customer use of battery technology and explore opportunities to leverage existing battery energy storage systems to improve grid resiliency. ...
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Enzinc Names Key Teaming Partners for Advanced Zinc Battery Testing through the CalTestBed Program
Enzinc Inc., an advanced battery technology developer bringing rechargeable zinc batteries to market, announced this week that it has teaming agreements in place with leading energy companies for its third-party product testing. The testing is being done at University of California Riverside’s facilities through a CalTestBed award valued at $292,000. The teaming partners include power backup ...
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The Biden-Harris Electric Vehicle Charging Action Plan
President Biden, American families, automakers, and autoworkers agree: the future of transportation is electric. The electric car future is cleaner, more equitable, more affordable, and an economic opportunity to support good-paying, union jobs across American supply chains as automakers continue investing in manufacturing clean vehicles and the batteries that power them.This week, the Biden ...
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GridWise Alliance Applauds Congress For Passing Historic Infrastructure Legislation
Late Friday (Nov 5), the House of Representatives passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the bipartisan infrastructure package that includes major investments in modernizing the nation's electric grid. "The bipartisan infrastructure package includes a historic level of grid investments that will strengthen resilience and reliability, accelerate decarbonization of the electricity, ...
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Northvolt Raises $2.75 Billion in Equity to Deploy Further Battery Cell Capacity -?Expands Swedish Gigafactory to 60 Gwh
Northvolt recently announced the signing of a $2.75 billion private placement to finance further battery cell production capacity and R&D efforts in order to meet the increasing demand of customers engaged in the transition to decarbonized, electric solutions.The private placement was co-led by new investors AP funds 1-4, via the co-owned company, 4 to 1 Investments, and OMERS, one of ...
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Webinar Join Us - Learn More On Battery Production - How to Generate Premium Product Atmosphere - Dry Rooms
Thursday June 17, 2021 at 11AM EST. Weiss Technik will educate the audience on relevant information surrounding Battery Production and having the right conditions that will enhance your battery testing as well. Webinar can help engineers in all industries including Automotive, Electronics, Aerospace and Defense. Register ...
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Orbia Ventures Invests In Battery Resourcers to Advance Battery Circularity
Orbia, a global leader in specialty products and innovative solutions spanning the precision agriculture, building and infrastructure, fluorinated products and technologies, polymer solutions and data communications verticals, announced today its fourth venture capital investment through Orbia Ventures. Orbia led a $20 million investor syndicate in backing Battery Resourcers (BR), a vertically ...
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