Tag: energy storage
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Finally! An Integrated Solar Power Supply
Bosch has decided to step up to the plate and construct an integrated solar power supply system called the BPT-S 5 Hybrid. Almost everything is integrated into it. The company integrated an inverter, Saft lithium-ion batteries, and an energy management system (charge controller) into a single unit which is certified and safety tested for domestic installations.…
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Thin, Flexible, Energy-Storing Glass Developed
A new type of glass — thin, flexible, and capable of storing energy at high temperatures (for use in high-power applications) — has been created by researchers at Penn State’s Materials Research Institute. The glass — which is about 1/10th the thickness of display glass — could prove very useful for a variety of applications…
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Upsalite — New Material Possessing Record-Breaking Surface Area And Water Adsorption Abilities
Upsalite — an incredible new material possessing record-breaking surface area and water adsorption abilities, was recently discovered by researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden. The material — according to the researchers — should allow for drastic reductions in the total amount of energy needed to control environmental moisture in the electronics and drug formulation industries,…
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Hokkaido To Utilize 60 MWh Vanadium Flow Battery For Grid Storage
Hokkaido Electric plans to invest $200 million into a 60,000 kWh, vanadium redox flow battery that will store energy in order to back up its electricity grid. “A redox battery is an electrochemical system that generates oxidation and reduction between two active materials, forming a redox system, on the surface of inactive electrodes (the electrodes themselves…
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Battery Made Of Wood Could Be Much Greener
There’s a lot of research going on in the realm of batteries these days. It seems like there’s a “battery breakthrough” announced almost every day. Clearly, all these battery breakthroughs won’t make it to commercialization, and it’s hard to identify which will. This new battery made of wood one could be promising… but would the…