electrochemical energy News

Leveraging National Lab Capabilities in Fuel Cells and Electrochemical Systems—Phoenix, Arizona

On October 12 and 13, the U.S. Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies Office will host several events at the Electrochemical Energy Summit 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona, to foster increased collaboration between National Labs and industry. In addition to an October 12 plenary presentation by Under Secretary for Science and Energy Lynn Orr, the 12:45–1:45 p.m. seminar will demystify the ...

Aug. 26, 2015

By US Department of Energy

New technique reveals lithium in action

Fundamental reactions behind advanced battery technology, revealed in detail by advanced imaging method, could lead to improved materials. Written by David L. Chandler, MIT News Office.You can read the original story in MIT News A solid-state lithium-air battery (highlighted in orange) is positioned inside a test chamber at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, ...

Oct. 8, 2012

By MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Energy Department to launch new energy innovation hub focused on advanced batteries and energy storage

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today plans to launch a new Energy Innovation Hub for advanced research on batteries and energy storage with an investment of up to $120 million over five years. The hub, which will be funded at up to $20 million in fiscal year 2012, will focus on accelerating research and development of electrochemical energy storage for transportation and the ...

Feb. 7, 2012

By US Department of Energy

Berkeley researchers study path of solar energy during photosynthesis

Imagine a technology that would not only provide a green and renewable source of electrical energy, but could also help scrub the atmosphere of excessive carbon dioxide resulting from the burning of fossil fuels. That’s the promise of artificial versions of photosynthesis, the process by which green plants have been converting solar energy into electrochemical energy for millions of years. To get ...

May 7, 2008

By University of California Berkeley

VoltStorage extends Redox Flow research team

Munich, 27th March 2020 – After successful market entry of the world’s first low cost residential battery storage on the basis of the ecological Vanadium Redox Flow technology, VoltStorage focuses on the future. This is why the VoltStorage research department was extended already in summer 2019 to push ahead innovations. VoltStorage is expanding today again with two new and ...

Mar. 27, 2020

By VoltStorage GmbH

Compound Could Transform Energy Storage for Large Grids

In order to power entire communities with clean energy, such as solar and wind power, a reliable backup storage system is needed to provide energy when the sun isn’t shining and the wind doesn’t blow. One possibility is to use any excess solar- and wind-based energy to charge solutions of chemicals that can subsequently be stored for use when sunshine and wind are scarce. At that ...

Feb. 21, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

President requests US$760.4 million for fossil energy programs

President Obama’s FY 2011 budget seeks $760.4 million for the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) to support improved energy security and rapid development of climate-oriented technology. The request includes $586.6 million for Fossil Energy Research and Development, $138.9 million for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, $11.3 million for the Northeast Heating Oil Reserve and $23.6 million for the Naval ...

Feb. 1, 2010

By US Department of Energy

Energy Department Announces up to $4.6 Million through the Fuel Cell Technologies Incubator Funding Opportunity Announcement to Support Innovations in Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Fuel Technologies

The Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) today announces up to $4.6 million in funding in support of innovations in fuel cell and hydrogen fuel technologies. The FCTO Incubator Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is intended to identify potentially impactful technologies that are not already addressed in FCTO's strategic plan or project portfolio. The FOA is open to any and all impactful ideas ...

Jun. 5, 2014

By US Department of Energy

Dais Analytic Announces Development Progress in Energy Storage

Dais Analytic Corporation (OTCBB: DLYT) announced today the Company's development progress, since its last report in September 2011, on its program to produce a capacitive energy storage material set for use as an ultracapacitor named "NanoCap?." The Company, working with the University of Florida (UF), tested different capacitive dielectric structures created by Dais from its family of ...

Apr. 3, 2012

By Dais Analytic Corporation

NERC Report Highlights Major Contribution to Reliability Offered by Battery Storage

NERC's Impacts of Electrochemical Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems on the Bulk Power System report was released this week. The assessment emphasizes some of the potential reliability benefits that battery energy storage systems can offer, such as providing peaking capacity; minimizing the need for new generation and transmission infrastructure; and providing essential reliability ...

Feb. 11, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

De Nora announces cooperation with Primus Power

De Nora, a global leading supplier of electrochemical technologies, is pleased to announce cooperation with Primus Power, Silicon Valley-based provider of low-cost, long-duration, fade-free energy storage solutions. The companies have been collaborating for more than five years, modifying, testing, and verifying De Nora’s proprietary DSA® electrode formula to bring critical improvements ...

Nov. 30, 2017

By Industrie De Nora S.p.A. | De Nora Water Technologies

Upcoming Symposium "New Electrochemical Analytical Methods and Trends in Energy Conversion and Storage – NEAMTECS 2015"

Metrohm is highly pleased to invite professionals to a 3-day symposium focusing on analytical challenges and solutions for electrochemical testing of batteries, fuel cells, and photoelectric substrates. The symposium will be hosted by the Metrohm Academy in Herisau, Switzerland, and will take place from October 21 through 23, 2015. Invited guest speakers include experts from Metrohm, Metrohm ...

Oct. 2, 2014

By Metrohm AG

Military Fuel Cells Provide Light and Efficient On-Demand Power for Troops, Global Market for Fuel Cells to Reach $1.7 billion in 2017

FARMINGTON, Conn., Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The strongest drivers for the adoption of fuel cells by the world's armed forces are performance and energy density, particularly for use by individual troopers. On average, each soldier carries around nine pounds of disposable batteries in their kit, used for powering a range of portable electronics such as imaging and communications ...

Nov. 20, 2012

By Global Information, Inc. (GII)

Electric Vehicle Technology Adoption Gaining Traction, Electric Vehicle and EV Component Companies Seek Information to Boost Profitability According to

From the customer perspective, "Stronger batteries, lightweight carbon-fiber components and mass production will help electric cars replace the gasoline engine by 2050," according to a recent Seattle Times article. From the internal business perspective, organizations active in the electric vehicle value chain need to explain how to create success. Global Information Inc. provides the ...

Sep. 10, 2012

By Global Information, Inc. (GII)

U.S. Energy Department Awards Three Advanced Research Projects Funding Opportunities

Today (5/18), the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it is honoring commitments to several previously selected Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awardees. They are among the first awardees to move forward following the Department's review of all taxpayer funded grants and projects, intended to ensure that each award applied good governance principles consistent with the new ...

May 23, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

Caltech scientist to develop solar-powered sanitation system

Environmental scientist and engineer Michael Hoffman of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has received a $400,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to build a solar-powered portable toilet that could help solve a major health problem in developing countries. The grant, announced July 19 at the AfricaSan 3 sanitation and hygiene conference in Rwanda, will be used ...

Jul. 22, 2011

By GLOBE SERIES

New Market Research Reveals What Production and Use of Solar Fuels Could Look Like

The sun delivers more energy to the earth in one hour than civilization currently uses from fossil fuels, nuclear power and all renewable energy sources combined in a year. This solar energy can be captured and stored directly in the chemical bonds of a material, or fuel, and then used when needed. These chemical fuels, in which energy from the sun has deliberately been stored, are called solar ...

Mar. 5, 2013

By Global Information, Inc. (GII)

Thirteen Department of Energy-funded researchers honored with the presidential early career awards for scientists and engineers

President Obama named 13 U.S. Department of Energy-funded researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). This is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers, who are early in their independent research careers. The Department awardees are being recognized for their efforts in a variety of fields ...

Jul. 31, 2012

By US Department of Energy

DOE selects projects to advance nanomanufacturing

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 20 project proposals for funding following its Nanomanufacturing for Energy Efficiency 2008 Research Call. The projects promise to make revolutionary improvements in a broad range of energy production, storage, and consumption applications that will reduce energy and carbon intensity in industrial processes. Nanotechnology, the understanding and ...

Oct. 16, 2008

By National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)