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A new lithium-ion battery converter/charger, the Inteli-Power 9100L series, is available from Progressive Dynamics, Inc.These 12 volt and 24 volt lithium-ion battery converter/chargers are designed to meet the stringent voltages required for properly charging and maintaining lithium batteries.Lithium-ion batteries require special balancing circuits and chargers to prevent overcharging a cell or discharging too much. Standard features of the Inteli-Power 9100L

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In late May, Vermont became the first US state to enact a primary battery recycling bill requiring the development of a program for collecting and recycling primary batteries. The statute puts that burden on battery and some battery-powered manufacturers who place batteries on the market in the Green Mountain State.At the bill-signing, Governor Peter Shumlin said:“This bill is Vermont at

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The Renault-Nissan Alliance has signed an agreement with Orange to supply it with a fleet of 200 electric vehicles for its needs in France. This fleet will be comprised of Renault ZOE, Renault Kangoo Z.E., Nissan LEAF and Nissan e-NV200. The agreement expected to help contribute to Orange’s commitment to reduce its CO2 footprint by 20% by 2020. Renault-Nissan will

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For five of the past seven years, availability has been one of the top three infrastructure concerns for data center, IT and facility managers according to biannual surveys of the Data Center Users’ Group (DCUG), and that concern is likely to remain.FrankBibensAs a global services organization, we see how the need for more information is impacting data centers. Just the

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The new factory, which is anticipated to double the global capacity for lithium-ion batteries and is 20 times as large as the biggest battery factory now in production, will be used to principally supply hundreds of thousands of new generation Tesla electric cars but several market analysts are questioning the viability of the investment. Nevada was selected after offering a

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India can have an installed solar power capacity more than six times what it plans to have over the next ten years, a recent report claims. The report, published by Bridge To India in association with Tata Power Solar, states that India has the potential to install 145 GW of solar power capacity across various project sizes by 2024. The

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The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued new standards to strengthen safety conditions for the shipment of lithium cells and batteries. These changes, some of which focus specifically on shipments by air, will better ensure that lithium cells and batteries are able to withstand normal transportation conditions and are packaged to reduce the possibility of damage that could lead

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Panasonic Corp. and Tesla Motors, Inc. have signed an agreement that lays out their cooperation on the construction of a large-scale battery manufacturing plant in the US, known as the Gigafactory.According to the agreement, Tesla will prepare, provide and manage the land, buildings and utilities. Panasonic will manufacture and supply cylindrical lithium-ion cells and invest in the associated equipment, machinery,

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Tesla motors has already defied the odds. Few in the automotive world expected to see a high priced electric vehicle like the Model S achieve such recognition. It has also dramatically boosted the sales of Panasonic batteries, and now Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to go further. Musk’s $4 billion Gigafactory could dominate global production of Li-ion cell batteries. Tesla

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Uh-oh, here comes trouble. Just when pressure is mounting on Congress to permit exports of US crude oil, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is making a big move into solar power. The idea behind Saudi Arabia solar is to wean the country’s electrical grid off its heavy reliance on diesel generators, particularly imported diesel. The shrinking of Saudi diesel demand

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