News stories and other notes about NY-BEST, New York State and the Battery and Energy Storage Industry beyond New York.
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NY-BEST Newsletter 2-19-2010 2 weeks 5 days ago |
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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 |
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ENERGY 2 weeks 6 days ago |
Performance improvements discussed |
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$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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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3 tons of used batteries collected in 3 months 2 weeks 6 days ago |
A successful battery recycling program is profiled. |
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Highlights from the 2010 Flexible Electronics and Displays Conference 3 weeks 6 hours ago |
Highlights of the latest energy storage products |
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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. |
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Investing in Flow Batteries 3 weeks 1 day ago |
NYSERDA invests in flow batteries |
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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. |
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Tech-age buried treasure 3 weeks 2 days ago |
More on Li deposits |
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AVX Enhances its Free Tantalum Capacitor Simulation, Modeling and Selection 3 weeks 2 days ago |
Free software for capacitor modeling, simulation |
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Fashion Meets Technology: Tech Could Change Your Wardrobe 3 weeks 3 days ago |
Batteries built into clothing |
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IP Frontiers: Cleantech Patents Can Be Accelerated 3 weeks 5 days ago |
Discussion of process for new expedited clean tech patent review. |
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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. |
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Electric Car Battery Glut Looms on the Horizon 3 weeks 6 days ago |
Market supply and demand discussed |
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Imec achieves breakthrough in battery-less radios 4 weeks 1 day ago |
Ultra low power radios may reduce the need for batteries |
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State approves grant for former battery site 4 weeks 1 day ago |
Ohio revitalizes old battery manufacturing site |
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Gray Matter: Batteries Out of Thin Air 4 weeks 2 days ago |
General information on Zinc-Air batteries |
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Battery backups to aid power supply 4 weeks 2 days ago |
Duke and progress energy to test grid storage technologies |
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Proposed battery restrictions could crimp e-commerce, air travel 4 weeks 5 days ago |
New restrictions could change battery market |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Li-ion batteries from LiFePO4 cathode and anatase/graphene composite anode for stationary energy storage 4 weeks 6 days ago |
New materials discussed |
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Battery plant deal nears finish line 4 weeks 6 days ago |
MI plant nearly online |
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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. |
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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. |
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Columbia University Looks to Nanomagnetic Materials for Energy Efficient Computer Chips 5 weeks 6 hours ago |
Also could be used for energy storage devices |
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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. |
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