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Longer-Running Electric-Car Batteries
Researchers at Stanford and Hanyang University are developing silicon nanotube electrodes that could significantly increase charge capacity of lithium-ion batteries.
Date: 09/23/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Transportation
Tags: battery research, electric vehicles, energy storage, lithium-ion, silicon
Mass. Company’s Spinning Flywheels to Store, Pace Electric Energy and Make Grid Greener
A DOE grant has been awarded to a company that makes large flywheels used to even out the electric supply of the grid. The flywheels absorb energy when excess electricity is available and release it back into the grid during peak demand times.
Date: 09/20/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Flywheels
Tags: energy storage, flywheel, grid storage
MIT Spin-Off Stores Sun's Energy to Power the World
MIT Professor Daniel Nocera founded the company San Catalyix to produce a cheap and efficient system to use energy from photovoltaic cells to split water to be used in fuel cells.
Date: 09/28/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Solar/Photovoltaics, Energy Storage
Tags: energy storage, hydrogen, hydrogen economy, photovoltaic
Nesscap: Ultracapacitors for 10x’s the Power, Lifetime of Batteries
Ultracapacitor maker Nesscap has raised initial funding that it says will enable the company to make ultracapacitors with significantly improved performance.
Date: 09/29/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Energy Storage
Tags: energy storage, NessCap, ultracapacitors
New Study: Concentrating Solar With Storage Can Benefit the Grid
Studies suggest that concentrated solar power (CSP) plants with storage capacity can outperform solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind power.
Date: 01/03/2013
Type: Article
Technologies: Solar/Photovoltaics, Smart Grid, Utilities
Tags: concentrated solar power, energy storage, renewable energy, storage capacity
Galen Stucky
News Release: Institute for Energy Efficiency Receives $1.6 Million from DOE to Develop New Hybrid Battery Technology
Professor Galen Stucky's research group is developing an energy storage device for hybrid electric vehicles that combines the properties of batteries and capacitors into one technology.
Date: 11/29/2012
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Energy Storage, Transportation
Tags: batteries, capacitors, efficient batteries, energy storage, hybrid electric vehicles, new technology, plug-in electric vehicles
Next Stop: Ultracapacitor Buses
A Chinese company and its U.S. partner are looking at ways of replacing mass transportation with electrically powered buses that use ultracapacitors to sustain a charge.
Date: 10/19/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Energy Storage, Transportation
Tags: energy storage, transportation, ultracapacitors
Pentadyne Wins Landmark Flywheel Energy Recycling Rail Project for New York City
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York, which carries 2/3 of the nations rail riders, plans to install a flywheel energy storage system into some trains. The system captures energy while braking and minimizes energy use while accelerating.
Date: 08/13/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Flywheels
Tags: energy storage, flywheel, rail, train
Power Tool Batteries, the Gateway to Electric Vehicle Energy Storage
Power tool batteries could be the key to creating better electric vehicle batteries since they can handle a large power output, unlike cell phone batteries.
Date: 09/21/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Batteries
Tags: battery industry, battery research, battery technology, electric vehicles, energy storage
Battery
Qnovo: Not Your Average Battery Startup
Start-up Qnovo intends to help customers get the most out of batteries through electronics. Qnovo’s is bypassing new production lines and chemistries and instead improving battery efficiency in existing lines by targeting battery electrochemistry using only electronic controls.
Date: 11/30/2010
Type: Blog
Technologies: Batteries, Energy Storage
Tags: battery efficiency, battery life, electrochemistry, electronics, energy storage

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