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Johnson Controls Partners with Lawrence Technological University to Test Advanced Battery Systems

Johnson Controls is partnering with Lawrence Technological University (LTU) to test and develop advanced battery systems in vehicles aimed at helping automakers meet increasing fuel economy and emissions standards.

11 May 2015

Panasonic Celebrates Ten-Year Anniversary of Eneloop Ni-MH Ready to Use Rechargeable Batteries

Panasonic Energy Corporation of America today announced the celebration of the ten-year anniversary of eneloop™ Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), Ready to Use Rechargeable Batteries. In mid-May, Panasonic will begin shipping eneloop product that maintains 70% of its power for up to 10 years, when unused and stored properly*1.

11 May 2015

Jackson Family Wines Installs Large-Scale Tesla Stationary Energy Storage System

Today Jackson Family Wines (JFW), the family-owned California luxury wine collection best known for its acclaimed Kendall-Jackson winery, announced it has installed one of the first large-scale Tesla stationary energy storage systems across a number of its wineries. Earlier this evening at a private unveiling in Los Angeles, Tesla introduced its energy storage offering. JFW was included in the announcement as one of Tesla’s early strategic collaborators.

4 May 2015

China Southern Power Grid Awards Highpower 100kWh Energy Storage System Contract

Highpower International, Inc. ("Highpower International" or "the Company"), developer, manufacturer, and marketer of lithium and nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) rechargeable batteries, management systems and recycling services announce today it has secured a contract to produce a 100KWH energy storage system (ESS) for China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. (CSPG).

4 May 2015

Less Expensive, Better Performing Batteries Essential for Reducing Cost of Plug-In Electric Vehicles

Vehicle cost, current battery technology, and inadequate consumer knowledge are some of the barriers preventing widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. Developing less expensive, better performing batteries is essential to reducing overall vehicle cost, and a market strategy is needed to create awareness and overcome customer uncertainty. The report recommends a range of incentives that the federal government can offer to address these and other barriers.

24 Apr 2015

Sumitomo Announces Investment in Battery Energy Storage Project in the US

Sumitomo Corporation together with Sumitomo Corporation of Americas announced their investment in an innovative battery power storage system which will provide a reliable and stable supply-demand balancing service for the frequency regulation market operated by PJM, the largest regional transmission organization of wholesale electricity in the U.S.

22 Apr 2015

New Discovery Could Improve Efficiency of Fuel Cells, Batteries

Scientists from South Carolina's leading public universities—the University of South Carolina and Clemson University—have made a discovery that could dramatically improve the efficiency of batteries and fuel cells.

13 Apr 2015

Intelligent Battery Energy Storage Scheduling and Operation System Holds Promise for LV Electricity Network

With rising electricity prices one of the biggest issues facing households, Griffith University (Australia) research into energy storage and supply holds the promise of cheaper, better quality power for the low voltage (LV) electricity distribution network.

6 Apr 2015

Electric Vehicle Batteries Can Meet Daily Travel Needs of Most Drivers

In the first study of its kind, scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) quantitatively show that electric vehicles (EVs) will meet the daily travel needs of drivers longer than commonly assumed.

31 Mar 2015

New Book on Efforts at Argonne National Lab to Build Rechargeable Super Battery

So secretive were efforts to create the first self-sustained nuclear reaction in 1942 that physicist Enrico Fermi and his Manhattan Project team quietly toiled beneath the stands of Stagg Field and communicated with each other in code.

31 Mar 2015