Recent NY-BEST™ News and Notes

The 2010 Advanced Energy Conference will feature leading national keynote speakers and seven parallel tracks with 49 individual sessions including energy storage, which is being organized by NY-BEST. Last year's event was attended by over 1,000 participants, two-thirds from industry.

A recent article highlighting Ioxus' recent advances in ultracapacitors.

GM will start with at least one mid-sized mild hybrid sedan next year—ramping up to 100,000 mild hybrids per year. GM’s new mild hybrid powertrain reportedly will be equipped with a lithium ion battery supplied by Hitachi, and will provide about four times as much power and be 24% smaller and 40% lighter than previous mild hybrid battery packs.

Car Charging Group, a Florida-based electric-vehicle service provider, is teaming up with Icon Parking Systems to install plug-in stations at some of Icon’s more than 200 garages and lots in Manhattan. In July, Car Charging Group announced a similar deal with Laz Parking, which has 1,350 facilities in 21 states. Under the arrangement, the Car Charging Group will install, own, maintain and upgrade the charging stations, and the parking facilities will share in the revenue.

CentraCan, Inc. (Orlando, FL), a sustainable energy company, announced that PerfPower Alkaline Batteries with its free recycling program are now available through Industries for the Blind of New York State. This impressive organization facilitates and creates employment opportunities for blind and visually impaired New Yorkers.

A123 Systems gets $17 million loan guarantee for 20MW grid storage project in Johnson City, New York, to enable AES to both balance its load using less fossil fuels, and have more flexibility to mix variable clean power into the grid.

Intertek invests in battery technology, especially for those in automotive use

Stanford researchers develop silicon nanowires which may increase li-ion energy density 10 fold.

More on Virus made woven batteries

High-performance batteries could soon be woven into fabrics such as military uniforms to provide rechargeable clothing.

Former Tesla Exec has high hopes for battery future, demand driven

Sanyo Electric has decided to liquidate its joint venture with GS Yuasa Corp (full article locked)

Investors are eager to get into battery business.

Examples of ARPA-E funding for battery research.

New joint venture "Lithium Energy Japan" Set to increase battery production by 2011

More on A123 spin off, 24M

Sales for the second quarter of 2010 were $0.5 million with a net loss of $1.9 million or $0.02 loss per share

A123 spin-off claim new battery technology could cut costs 85%. Skeptics mount…

Magna will likely sign a deal with Mitsubishi that will lay the ground work for a joint battery plant.

Recall on refurbished Blackberry cell phones

Obama's visit notice causes stock to jump 30%

Use of waxes may help ease creation of, and create improved Li-ions

Companies providing electric vehicle charging stations and services will not be regulated as public utilities in the state, which is expected to be one of the earliest and largest markets for plug-in vehicles and a model for other markets.

$34.2 million in the quarter, chance for catch-up after new plant opens

Chrysler searches for battery partner as A123 backs out of Fiat project

Freeze Drying key step in creating pure carbon mixture for high quality batteries

New materials allow for design of Aqueous lithium ion batteries, which could be less-dangerous.

EnerSys announced that it has recently been awarded contracts valued at over $39 million for submarine batteries with five navies worldwide.

Opponents say 10 times more wind could be added before storage is necessary

Growth and losses for Tesla car company

Obama expects US market share for batteries to go from 2 to 40% in 5 years

More on the Xcel Energy's Wind Storage success

GS Battery chosen for building energy storage demo in combination with solar

Construction continues on Battery plant in Michigan

Panasonic hopes to stay ahead of South Korea battery makers for automotive market

President Obama's visit corresponds with GM's announcement that the plant will receive $336 million in new investment to prepare it to produce the Volt electric vehicle. The money is part of more than $700 million that GM has invested in eight Michigan facilities since 2008 to support the Volt's production. The company last week announced the Volt's price will start at $41,000.

Shippers argue if Li-ions should count as hazardous cargo, shipping costs and times could increase.