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NY-BEST Newsletter 2-19-2010
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4th Public Engagement and Science Communication Symposium and Cornell Research Showcase
2 weeks 6 days ago

Paper Battery Company to present at Cornell University's May 12th research symposium.

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NY-BEST Members Page Now Available
2 weeks 6 days ago

NY-BEST members and profiles now available. If you'd like to enhance your profile, please register for an account at www.NY-BEST.org and then contact Anne Savage at info@ny-best.org with your account name and email address.

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Funding and Partnership Help Ioxus Create Jobs
3 weeks 1 day ago

Depending on business, the firm may grow from 20 to 60 employees by year's end in production, research and engineering positions, Ioxus officials said.

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Batteries Made of Silver Nanoparticles Could Revolutionize Treatment of Mental Illnesses and Stroke
3 weeks 5 days ago

The nanoparticles are a part of a new family of materials that are being created in the labs of Esther Takeuchi, Distinguished Professor and Greatbatch Professor of Advanced Power Sources, at the University at Buffalo, SUNY.

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59--BATTERY, NONRECHARGE
4 weeks 5 days ago

Ultra-life lands order for nearly 10,000 cells

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Plug Power and MGL Sign Commercialization Agreement for Co-Developed Battery Systems
4 weeks 6 days ago

Plug Power signed a commercialization agreement with CITIC GuoAn Mengguli Power Science & Technology Co., Ltd. for the joint marketing and sales of their co-developed high power lithium-ion battery systems into automotive applications.

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Ultra-thin rechargeable batteries
5 weeks 6 hours ago

Slightly different than paper batteries

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Johnson Controls selected as sole battery supplier to Wal-Mart
5 weeks 6 hours ago

Johnson Controls has been named the single supplier of automotive and related (primary) batteries for Wal-Mart stores in the United States.

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Top Six Tips on Getting Funds For Your New Business Venture
2 weeks 6 days ago

Tips on finding the right funding and commercialization partners

Beyond New York
ENERGY
2 weeks 6 days ago

Performance improvements discussed

Beyond New York
$195 Billion Goes to Powering Buildings, About Half On Corporate Campuses
2 weeks 6 days ago

Office parks invest in energy storage for power quality and reliability. EPA has estimated that 30% of the energy used in commercial buildings is unnecessary or inefficient.

Beyond New York
Electric Car True Costs Report 2010
2 weeks 6 days ago

New Research forecasts 14 million electric or hybrid cars likely sold in 2020 in China, Japan, the United States, and Western Europe.

Beyond New York
DOE 2011 Budget Briefing
2 weeks 6 days ago

FY 2011 budget request of $28.4 billion includes an additional $40 million for existing Energy Frontier Research Centers, $107 million for Energy Innovation Hubs and $300 million for ARPA-E.

Beyond New York
3 tons of used batteries collected in 3 months
2 weeks 6 days ago

A successful battery recycling program is profiled.

Beyond New York
Highlights from the 2010 Flexible Electronics and Displays Conference
3 weeks 6 hours ago

Highlights of the latest energy storage products

Beyond New York
Michigan beats South Carolina for new $70 million battery plant
3 weeks 6 hours ago

Construction of a new plant for manufacturing cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries will begin as soon as the site remediation work is completed and regulatory approvals are obtained in the next one to two months. Toda America reports full manufacturing capacity of 4,000 tons of finished product per year in 2013.

Beyond New York
Investing in Flow Batteries
3 weeks 1 day ago

NYSERDA invests in flow batteries

Beyond New York
Battery parts maker chooses Battle Creek
3 weeks 1 day ago

A lithium-ion battery parts supplier announced today that it intends to build a $70.1 million plant expected to create 50 to 60 new jobs in Battle Creek at an average weekly wage of $893.

Beyond New York
Tech-age buried treasure
3 weeks 2 days ago

More on Li deposits

Beyond New York
AVX Enhances its Free Tantalum Capacitor Simulation, Modeling and Selection
3 weeks 2 days ago

Free software for capacitor modeling, simulation

Beyond New York
Fashion Meets Technology: Tech Could Change Your Wardrobe
3 weeks 3 days ago

Batteries built into clothing

Beyond New York
IP Frontiers: Cleantech Patents Can Be Accelerated
3 weeks 5 days ago

Discussion of process for new expedited clean tech patent review.

Beyond New York
With New Battery Technology, Future Cars Could be Powered by their Bodywork
3 weeks 6 days ago

The composite material is made of carbon fibers and a polymer resin and can store and discharge large amounts of energy much more quickly than conventional batteries. The material does not use chemical processes, making it quicker to recharge than conventional batteries. Unlike conventional chemical batteries, the recharging process also causes little degradation in the composite material.

Beyond New York
Electric Car Battery Glut Looms on the Horizon
3 weeks 6 days ago

Market supply and demand discussed

Beyond New York
Imec achieves breakthrough in battery-less radios
4 weeks 1 day ago

Ultra low power radios may reduce the need for batteries

Beyond New York
State approves grant for former battery site
4 weeks 1 day ago

Ohio revitalizes old battery manufacturing site

Beyond New York
Gray Matter: Batteries Out of Thin Air
4 weeks 2 days ago

General information on Zinc-Air batteries

Beyond New York
Battery backups to aid power supply
4 weeks 2 days ago

Duke and progress energy to test grid storage technologies

Beyond New York
Proposed battery restrictions could crimp e-commerce, air travel
4 weeks 5 days ago

New restrictions could change battery market

Beyond New York
LG Chem to Supply Hybrid Batteries to Changan Auto
4 weeks 5 days ago

LG Chem will begin delivering the lithium-ion batteries in the second half of this year.

Beyond New York
Energizing materials
4 weeks 5 days ago

General discussion on materials and uses in batteries

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100,000 Tons of Lithium From the Sea
4 weeks 6 days ago

The Korean Government and the nation's largest steelmaker signed an agreement for a joint research and development project to extract lithium from sea water. The aim is to produce up to 750 million euros worth of lithium carbonate a year by 2015.

Beyond New York
Argonne Researchers Hope Obama Budget will Jumpstart Lithium-Air Battery
4 weeks 6 days ago

Scientists hope funding to develop an electric car battery that breathes air and could eliminate gasoline in the process will come with the $532 million allocated for Argonne National Lab in the proposed federal budget.

Beyond New York
Li-ion batteries from LiFePO4 cathode and anatase/graphene composite anode for stationary energy storage
4 weeks 6 days ago

New materials discussed

Beyond New York
Battery plant deal nears finish line
4 weeks 6 days ago

MI plant nearly online

Beyond New York
DOE Reports That Lithium-ion Batteries Are Still Not Ready For Prime Time
4 weeks 6 days ago

DOE 2009 Annual Progress Report for Energy Storage Research and Development Vehicle Technologies assesses lithium-ion battery research and development including R&D objectives, technical barriers, targets and recent accomplishments.

Beyond New York
SAE International to Host Vehicle Battery Summit in Shanghai
5 weeks 6 hours ago

the Summit is designed to provide corporate-level engineering and business decision makers with an assessment of current and near term Li-ion battery systems alternatives and capabilities and critical marketplace and supply chain information.

Beyond New York
Columbia University Looks to Nanomagnetic Materials for Energy Efficient Computer Chips
5 weeks 6 hours ago

Also could be used for energy storage devices

Beyond New York
Nanocables to Improve Li-Ion Battery Performance
5 weeks 6 hours ago

A team of scientists from China and Germany may have found a solution for increasing efficiency as well as the capacity of li-ion batteries. Nano-sized cables made with titanium dioxide-coated carbon nanotubes promise to be cheap, reliable and do not depend on rare materials.

Beyond New York