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Low-Cost EV Batteries Get a Hand From Carbon Nanotubes
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Researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico have discovered a pathway for developing low cost electric vehicle batteries, which could lead to a new generation of affordable EVs.[read more]
Better Place and the Price of Energy Innovation
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Twenty years from now, when it is likely that electric drive will be a far more ubiquitous technology than it is today, we will look back on Better Place and other early failures as the natural price that had to be paid for innovation.[read more]
New Zinc-Air Battery Could Pack Twice The Power Of Lithium-Ion
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Researchers at Stanford University are working on a new rechargeable zinc-air battery that could provide a low cost energy storage alternative to the current favorite, lithium-ion.[read more]
New Durable High-Power Lithium-Ion Battery Developed In Germany
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Scientists at the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW) in Ulm, Germany have developed a top-class lithium-ion battery, in terms of cycle stability.[read more]
Energy Storage: Testing Zinc-Air Grid Batteries
Eos Zinc-Air Grid Batteries
Eos Energy Storage, the startup that says its zinc-air battery chemistry can provide grid-scale energy storage at unprecedentedly low costs, has just landed its first utility pilot partner to test it out.[read more]
Energy Storage Innovation: ARPA-E’s RANGE Program
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced funding for a new program focused on improving electric vehicle (EV) battery technologies.[read more]
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“One real question, is how much energy did this "investment" produce?Another, related question, is what was the external cost of this investment.The answer to the first question can be found on the web page of the California Energy Commission.http://energyalmanac.ca.gov/electricity/electric_generation_capacity.html1533 Gigawatt-hr as of 2012.The second question, will be, as always, obscured ...”
“This reflects some of the Vehement/viceral/ One track minded attitude that I think I've noticed with some Renewables/GW enthusisats. I will use some humour to exaggeratingly illustrate the point. In a Top Secrete, High level SPANISH Government debate.."The Economy is bad, what tough choices do / MUST we, COURAGEOUSLY make to recover?"........Fund Solar Power, or Feed the ...”