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Energy Storage Study Predicts Boom Through 2022
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Newer and emerging technologies are changing the energy storage field. These innovations will help enable grid operators to optimize assets and integrate renewable energy sources.[read more]
Ultralife Energy Storage
NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority) recently awarded Ultralife Corporation about $2.4 million for design, development, prototyping, scale-up and installation of a 1 megawatt-hour advanced energy storage system. Ultralife will install the system on their Newark, New York corporate campus. This blog has...[read more]
Volvo gets in on shapeable ultracapacitors
Looks like shapeable ultracapacitors have caught the attention of at least one car maker. Volvo is looking to build energy storage into the bodies of its cars. In particular, the company is working with researchers at Imperial College London on carbon-fiber panels that are both structural and ultracapacitors. From a New York Times...[read more]
Report on ultracapacitors: major advances on tap
You’ll be hearing a lot more about ultracapacitors in the coming years. The devices are likely to transform energy storage by taking over high-power functions from batteries in some key areas: • Tying wind and solar farms to the power grid • Stabilizing the grid • Powering hybrid and electric vehicles We’ve released...[read more]
Next Stop: Ultracapacitor Buses
Technology Review has an article on buses using fast (and frequent) recharging ultracapacitors for energy storage (using existing technology rather than heavily promoted but possibly mythical examples like EEstor's device) - Next Stop: Ultracapacitor Buses.Municipal transit agencies have tried to reduce the carbon footprint of their bus...[read more]
Ultracaps Could Boost Hybrid Fuel Efficiency
Technology Review has an article on the potential for ultracapacitors to augment conventional batteries in hybrid vehicle designs - Ultracaps Could Boost Hybrid Efficiency.Energy storage devices called ultracapacitors could lower the cost of the battery packs in plug-in hybrid vehicles by hundreds or even thousands of dollars by cutting...[read more]
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