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Worldwide Capacity of Next-Generation Advanced Batteries Is Expected to Increase Nearly 1,000-Fold by 2023
A recent report from Navigant Research analyzes the global market for next-generation advanced batteries, with a focus on the current leading battery chemistry, lithium ion, and the energy storage device types that might eventually replace it. While lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries offer many advantages over traditional battery technologies, research and development of new battery chemistries ...
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EPA chief travels to seattle to highlight green jobs, host state of the union townhall with University of Washington Students
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will visit Seattle on Wednesday, January 25, on the heels of President Obama’s State of the Union Address. During her visit, she will discuss the themes laid out in the President's speech during a visit to clean technology company EnerG2 and a State of the Union townhall with students and faculty at the University of Washington-Seattle. During the townhall, ...
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Next-Generation Advanced Batteries Will Reach $9.4 Billion in Annual Revenue by 2023
The primary battery chemistry currently used for applications that require advanced batteries, lithium ion (Li-ion), has limitations that include input costs and materials scarcity. Research and development of new battery chemistries, beyond Li-ion, is advancing rapidly and will have a major impact on the battery industry in the coming years. Click to tweet: According to a new report from ...
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Secretary Chu announces $30 million for research competition to develop next generation energy storage technologies
Underscoring President Obama’s commitment to energy security for America’s warfighters, and to a sustained, comprehensive strategy to ensure a secure energy future for all Americans, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced a $30 million research competition that will engage our country’s brightest scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs in improving the performance and ...
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Regalgrid Europe Launches Its Smart Energy Sharing Solution
Regalgrid® an Italian startup that provides localized shared energy solutions recently debuted their first installation at H-FARM. The technology has huge potential in disrupting the future of energy consumption by giving more control to its consumers and helping them become more energy autonomous. Regalgrid's technology uses a patented software where multiple users can share their energy ...
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Alfa Chemistry: Printing Inks Are Perfect for Organic and Printed Electronics
On the basis of conventional printing techniques, organic and printed electronics bring about fantastic opportunities to create novel products and electronic systems. As a partner in the semiconductor manufacturing industry, Alfa Chemistry recently released its new product offering of printing inks, encompassing conductive ink, dielectric ink, and semiconductor ink for research use. Printing inks ...
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First solar power plant in Europe to provide operating reserve at the high-voltage level
BELECTRIC GmbH connected its state-of-the-art, cost-effective battery storage system, the Energy Buffer Unit, at the solar power plant Alt Daber in Brandenburg. It thereby became the first solar power plant in Europe capable of providing operating reserve at high-voltage level comparable to conventional plants. The innovative lead-acid storage device with a capacity of 2,000 kWh is intended for ...
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Energy Department Announces First-of-its-Kind, High-Temperature, Downhole Rechargeable Energy Storage Device
The Energy Department today announced commercialization of a rechargeable energy storage device capable of operating in the extreme temperatures necessary for geothermal energy production. Industry partner FastCAP Systems successfully demonstrated an ultracapacitor that is fully operational in 200°C conditions, extending the upper limit of high-temperature energy storage and electronics, and ...
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SwRI to Demonstrate Use of Electric Vehicles as Part of Emergency Power Grid under U.S. Army’s SPIDERS Program
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a member of a team that was recently awarded a $7 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to demonstrate integration of electric vehicles, generators and solar arrays to supply emergency power for Fort Carson, Colo. The team, led by Kansas City, Mo.-based Burns and McDonnell Engineering Company, will build a microgrid out of existing ...
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Energy Secretary Chu announces up to US$10m to support plug-in hybrid electric school buses
As part of the Department of Energy’s commitment to advancing the next generation of electric vehicles in the United States, Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the selection of a new demonstration and testing project to develop a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) school bus to be used in fleets across the country. Navistar Corporation (Fort Wayne, IN) has been selected by the ...
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The FAQ You’ve Always Had About Supercapacitors
Are batteries and supercapacitors interchangeable? Although both batteries and supercapacitors are energy storage devices, they have different properties that allow them to serve different functions. The main properties of interest when looking at energy storage devices are the specific energy (Wh/L) and specific power (W/L). Specific energy determines the amount of energy that can be stored in ...
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MPSC Seeks Energy Storage Resource Pilot Programs From Michigan's Regulated Utilities
The Michigan Public Service Commission this week encouraged Michigan's investor-owned electric utilities to propose pilot programs for integrating batteries and other energy storage devices that take electricity from the grid and store it for later use as the Commission works to implement the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Order No. 841 of 2018 (Case No. U-21032). FERC's Order No. 841 ...
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IDTechEx: Graphene Solves the Big Problems in Energy Storage
The graphene industry is at a critical juncture for many small to medium sized companies: it is time for them to generate revenues and pre-empt any pending cash flow issues. These companies cannot often afford to the long view, which many research groups and government are rightly taking. We do, however, witness good commercial progress, many leading examples of which will be discussed and ...
By IDTechEx
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Johnson Controls Teams Up With University of Wisconsin System in Energy Storage Research
Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI), the world's leading automotive battery supplier, is helping to position Wisconsin as a worldwide leader in energy storage. The company today announced it is endowing a professorship, research labs and graduate studies in energy storage at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. "Between our scientists and the talented ...
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3D Printed Batteries Market is Expected to Grow at A CAGR of 20% During 2020- 2026
According to the report, The global 3D printed batteries market projected to grow at a CAGR rate of 20% during the forecast years.The Global 3D Printed Batteries Market Is Driven By Rising Demand for Powerful Batteries For Energy Storage Devices3D-printed battery technology is manufactured on a large scale by solid-state batteries. 3D-printing is transforming our world and technology is ...
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BioSolar Files Patent for Silicon Alloy Anode for High Power Batteries
BioSolar, Inc. (OTC:BSRC)(“BioSolar” or the “Company”), today announced that it had filed a patent application for “Silicon Alloy Anode for High Power Batteries,” providing protection for the implementation of the Company’s silicon additive technology for high power batteries designed for application in targeted industries, such as power tools and hybrid ...
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New Energy Husum 2013 expands its portfolio
New Energy Husum 2013 is staging a special exhibition on ecological building to focus on the subject of passive houses. The Husum exhibition from 21 to 24 March 2013 will for the first time also be providing a platform for biofuel producers, and businesses involved in geothermal energy and hydroelectric power generation. As one of the most important trade fairs in the renewable energy sector, ...
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Alfa Chemistry Announces Offering of Organic and Printed Electronics Materials
Organic materials enjoy advantages like more flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and ease of manufacture, especially when compared with silicon-based materials. To make such materials more easily accessible to all researchers worldwide, earlier this month Alfa Chemistry announces that it now starts to offer a large array of organic and printed electronics materials. Organic printed electronic ...
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KEPCO Announces Open Microgrid Project Leveraging Fuel Cells and Blockchain
KEPCO president and CEO Kim Jong-gap announced on November 18 that the company is pursuing its "KEPCO Open MG Project" to develop the future microgrid."KEPCO Open MG" refers to an open energy community that combines existing microgrid technology, digital energy solutions and blockchain. Previously, the microgrid consisted mainly of small photovoltaics, wind turbines, and energy storage devices ...
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Global Thin Film Photovoltaics CIS/CIGS Market Poised for Massive Growth Through 2017
FARMINGTON, Conn., May 24, 2012/PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global Information Inc is pleased to announce the immediate availability of two new reports on Photovoltaics Technology & Markets Thin Film Photovoltaics CIS/CIGS Technology & Market Photovoltaic (PV) modules have gradually turned into a commodity market, as numerous PV products based on various PV technologies have become ...
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