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Researchers from Florida State University and Cornell University found that batteries constructed out of inexpensive and safe components can deliver three to four times the punch of batteries made with state-of-the-art lithium-ion technology. The researchers’ work is published in Nature Communications. A. Nijamudheen, a postdoctoral researcher at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, and Snehashis Choudhury, a doctoral student at Cornell University, along with faculty members

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Tesla is rumored to be working on some sort of battery factory in Indonesia, according to comments made by a local official. Local news in Indonesia is reporting that the country’s Maritime Affairs Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan is stating that Tesla is amongst several companies looking to build battery manufacturing facilities in Indonesia’s Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) in Central

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HYVE, the UK’s largest independent battery manufacturing facility opened in Sunderland. The site is home to Hyperdrive Innovation, a developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion battery technology. Hyperdrive makes battery packs for electric vehicles and energy storage systems and has invested £7m into its manufacturing capabilities since moving to the site in 2014. The new site will allow the company to produce up to

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BMZ Holding GmbH plans to join forces with KION Group AG, a provider of intralogistics solutions, to form a lithium-ion battery joint venture. The joint venture will be under the name of KION Battery Systems GmbH. This joint venture will produce lithium-ion batteries for industrial trucks in the EMEA region.  Both BMZ and KION boast of having world-leading know-how in lithium-ion technology. 

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MIT Researchers have devised a new pulsed laser deposition technique to produce thinner lithium electrolytes using less heat. According to the researchers, the use of thinner lithium electrolytes could allow faster charging and might lead to higher-voltage solid-state lithium-ion batteries. Key to the new processing technique for the solid-state battery electrolyte is alternating layers of the active electrolyte lithium garnet component

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The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) awarded £33m in the twelfth-round of government-funding to advance the UK’s low carbon automotive capability. The funding is intended for innovative programs that are expected to secure and create 2,230 jobs in research and manufacturing sectors across the UK. APC selects projects because of their contribution to the UK’s development of cutting-edge technology and their alignment to

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Finding economical ways to replace the graphite anodes in commercial lithium-ion batteries could lead to lighter batteries that can store more charge. The improved energy density would result from a combination of factors including the lithium-metal anode’s high specific capacity, light weight (low density), and low electrochemical potential. Switching to lithium-metal anodes would greatly extend the range of electric vehicles

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Highview Power reported that it developed a modular cryogenic energy storage system, the CRYOBattery™, that is scalable up to multiple gigawatts of energy storage. According to the company, the technology, which can be placed almost anywhere, reaches a new benchmark for a levelized cost of storage (LCOS) of $140/MWh for a 10-hour, 200MW/2GWh system. Highview Power contends that its cryogenic energy

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Multi-junction solar cells are both the most efficient type of solar cell on the market today and the most expensive type of solar cell to produce. In a proof-of-concept paper, researchers from North Carolina State University detail a new approach for creating multi-junction solar cells using off-the-shelf components, resulting in lower cost, high-efficiency solar cells for use in multiple applications. Multi-junction, or

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd. (MHIET), a Group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has developed what the company describes as a “triple-hybrid” stand-alone power supply system that combines renewable energy such as solar power with a reciprocating engine generator and storage battery. According to the company, the triple-hybrid system enables optimal stabilization control. The system’s primary advantage is its

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