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Total Installed Capacity of Advanced Lead-Acid Batteries to Surpass 5 Gigawatts by 2020, Forecasts Navigant Research
In the coming years, advances in lead-acid battery (LAB) technology will enhance the core technical features of these batteries in order to meet the growing demand for dynamic energy storage, particularly for renewable distributed energy generation. These innovations will enable lead-acid battery vendors to retain significant market share despite persistent competition from other technologies, ...
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Green Mission: Environmental initiative of Sunlight Recycling for the proper recycling of lead-acid batteries
Sunlight Recycling, member of Olympia Group, owned by Panos Germanos, presented on Tuesday December the 6th, the environmental initiative Green Mission, which has the ambition to boost public and enterprise awareness of the right way of recycling lead-acid batteries. Green Mission brings together institutions and numerous companies operating in the Greek as well as global market place and ...
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RSR Corporation Praises Final CEC Report on Hazards of Spent Lead-Acid Battery Exports
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) release this week of the final version of its in-depth study, “Hazardous Trade: Examination of US-generated Spent Lead-acid Battery Exports and Secondary Lead Recycling in Canada, Mexico, and the United States,” confirms the need for immediate action on spent lead-acid battery exports says Bob Finn, President and CEO of RSR ...
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As Global Sales for Stop-Start Vehicles Grow, Lead-Acid Batteries Are Expected to Maintain Leading Energy Storage Technology Market Share
A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the opportunities and challenges present in the global market for light duty stop-start vehicles (SSVs), including global market forecasts for light duty SSVs, segmented by technology and region, through 2024. Basic stop-start systems, which automatically stop a car’s engine to prevent long idling times, are emerging as one piece of a complex ...
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Lead Acid Battery Replacement: An Off-Grid Winter Power Guide
For homeowners who live off-grid, preparing for winter is serious business. With solar production at its lowest when temperatures drop, an energy storage system must be able to produce enough power to carry a home through long winter nights and periods of inclement weather. Many first-generation off-grid systems include lead acid batteries to provide energy storage. What many homeowners ...
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Our next stop: INTERBAT 2020
Will you be at INTERBAT 2020 in Moscow? If so, we will be happy to welcome you at Booth A14 to present all our most innovative solutions in the field of Lead Acid Battery Recyclingand Lead Production. The 29th edition of the leading International Battery Event in Russia will be held on March 4-6 and wil I bring together several battery manufacturers and suppliers from al I over the World. Do ...
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Johnson Controls Announces Price Increase for Lead-Acid Batteries
As a result of increasing environmental, health and safety standards and the investments required to support them, Johnson Controls, Inc., (NYSE: JCI) will implement an 8 percent price increase on lead-acid batteries sold in the United States and Canada for orders starting May 1, 2012. "Johnson Controls supports the rational tightening of standards such as the National Ambient Air Quality ...
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Johnson Controls Announces Planned Investment in Its Automotive Battery Recycling Center in Cienega De Flores, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) today announced plans to invest more than $70 million in its automotive battery recycling center in Cienega de Flores, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The investment will fund the replacement of the Cienega facility's existing rotary furnaces with larger, more efficient rotary furnaces as well as the addition of proven state-of-the-art environmental control technologies. ...
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Our car and inverter batteries are poisoning us and the environment!
Workers handling Lead recovered from scrap batteries Do you know that 'Leaded' batteries are 'Loaded' with toxicity and are posing major environmental and health hazards? A new report titled ‘Loaded Batteries: Mapping the Toxic Waste Trail’ released in New Delhi today by leading environmental think tank “Toxics Link” reveals how used lead acid batteries are being ...
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U.S. EPA Settles with Lead Acid Battery Manufacturer in Corona for Air Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that U.S. Battery Manufacturing Company has agreed to pay $167,300 to resolve federal Clean Air Act violations. U.S. Battery, located in Corona, Calif., failed to comply with federal emissions monitoring and reporting requirements, including performance testing requirements for its lead emission control devices. In addition to paying the ...
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Johnson Controls to unveil Micro Hybrid battery demonstration module at North American International Auto Show
Johnson Controls, Inc., the world's leading supplier of automotive batteries, will introduce its 48 volt Micro Hybrid battery demonstration module as part of its full spectrum of advanced energy storage solutions for automobiles. Power Solutions President Alex Molinaroli will unveil the company's next generation technology Jan. 14at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. ...
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Johnson Controls unveils Micro Hybrid battery demonstration module at North American International Auto Show
Johnson Controls, Inc., the world's leading supplier of automotive batteries, introduced its 48 volt Micro Hybrid battery demonstration module as part of its full spectrum of advanced energy storage solutions for automobiles. Power Solutions President Alex Molinaroli unveiled the company's next generation technology at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. "Johnson Controls ...
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Johnson Controls Unveils Newly Renovated, World-Class Battery Technology Center and Test Facility
Johnson Controls, Inc., (NYSE: JCI) today opened its newly renovated, state-of-the-art Battery Technology Center and Battery Test Facility at its Power Solutions headquarters in Glendale, Wis. The facility is the largest energy storage technical center in North America. "Our Battery Technology Center and Battery Test Facility will ensure that we not only have the best products on the road, but ...
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Johnson Controls to Invest $138.5 Million in Toledo, Ohio Battery Facility to Support Rapidly Emerging Start-Stop Vehicle Technology
Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) today announced plans to invest $138.5 million to convert its battery plant near Toledo, Ohio into an Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) battery facility for Start-Stop and other high efficiency vehicles. Subject to final state and local incentives, the facility will be the company's first such plant in the United States. "Start-Stop vehicle technology is emerging ...
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VARTA(R) start-stop batteries by Johnson controls earns a 2011 edison best new product award(TM)
Johnson Controls, Inc., (NYSE: JCI) received bronze at the internationally-known 2011 Edison Best New Product Award for its VARTA Start-Stop batteries in the category Energy and Sustainability: Sustainable Power Systems Segment. The distinguished awards - named for well-known U.S. inventor Thomas Alva Edison - were announced at an April 5 ceremony at The Capitale in New York City. "It is a great ...
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Ballard And IdaTech Extend Fuel Cell Stack Supply Agreement For Backup Power Thru 2013
Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD) (NASDAQ: BLDP) today announced a one-year extension of its Equipment Supply Agreement with IdaTech (www.idatech.com), through 2013. IdaTech is a system integrator focused on extended run backup power solutions for the telecommunications industry. Ballard will support IdaTech's projected need for 2,500 fuel cell stacks through the end of 2013 with ...
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New consumer research suggests large majority of U.S. consumers are interested in Start-Stop vehicles
New consumer research conducted by Johnson Controls, the world's leading supplier of automotive batteries, finds that 97 percent of Americans are ready for new Start-Stop technology that improves the fuel economy of their vehicle. The research was conducted to gain understanding of how consumers view fuel-saving power train technologies based on attributes such as purchase price, fuel economy, ...
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Innovative Johnson Controls education collaboration recognized by the Milwaukee Business Journal
Johnson Controls, the world's leading automotive battery supplier, and the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Milwaukee are being recognized for an unprecedented industry-academic partnership that advances research, development and commercialization of energy storage technologies. The Milwaukee Business Journal honored Johnson Controls and UW-Milwaukee with the Eureka Award for innovation in education ...
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Advanced Batteries for Utility-Scale Energy Storage Applications
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Advanced Batteries for Utility-Scale Energy Storage Applications http://www.reportlinker.com/p0943837/Advanced-Batteries-for-Utility-Scale-Energy-Storage-Applications.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Battery Over the next 10 years, the global power sector will undergo ...
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Partnership between Johnson Controls and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee earns 2013 Gold Edison Award for innovation
Johnson Controls, a global diversified company in the building and automotive industries, is a 2013 Gold Award Winner by the internationally renowned Edison Awards for its recent groundbreaking collaboration with the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (UWM). This distinguished award symbolizes the persistence and excellence personified by Thomas Alva Edison, inspiring creative minds to ...
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