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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

Researchers Optimize Hybrid Solar/Battery Systems Using 'Fuzzy Logic'

How did fuzzy logic help a group of researchers in Tunisia and Algeria create an ideal photovoltaic system that obeys the supply-and-demand principle and its delicate balance?

25 Feb 2015

Researchers Develop More Efficient Bio-Battery with Inorganic Components

UBC microbiologist J. Thomas Beatty, bioengineer John Madden and chemist Curtis Berlinguette are working across disciplines to develop a new generation of solar cells. Their inspiration? Mother nature.

23 Feb 2015

NTPC Selects Saft’s Extreme Temperature Battery Energy Storage System for Arctic Circle Community

Saft, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of high technology batteries for industry, was selected by Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) to develop and install an extreme temperature Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) for use as part of a hybrid micro-grid that will deliver cleaner, more reliable and less expensive power to a community located 50 miles north of the Arctic Circle in Canada.

20 Feb 2015