Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Porous Power Technologies, a Colorado-based lithium ion battery company, has solved a major battery design dilemma by developing a new form of laminatable microporous battery separators. Here is a breakdown of the batteries more compelling attributes:
Twice the life and high-draw capacity of lithium-ion batteries
Minimal heat output
Batteries charge 50% faster ...
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Battelle Ventures, a $220-million national fund affiliated with the Columbus, Ohio-based research powerhouse Battelle Memorial Institute, has a portfolio of 16 active investments commercializing technology pioneered in Battelle's labs. The start-ups range from companies in early-stage development to others in post-revenue stages.
Aldis Corp.
Aldis has pioneered an advanced traffic-management-technology ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
A123 Systems, a lithium-ion battery company based in Massachusetts, filed its IPO registration document with the SEC on Friday. The nanotechnology battery maker says it wants to raise $175 million in an IPO.
A123 Systems makes next-gen lithium ion batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles, as well as for smaller portable ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Runners might soon be able to generate enough electricity to power the treadmill they're running on. The Department of Energy and M2E Power have pioneered a new method of capturing the energy in human motion, which generates electricity from physical movement and stores it in batteries.
The cutting-edge motion-to-energy power ...
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
The Department of Energy announced plans to build a new research facility as part of the Sandia Labs Network to suppor the design of a compressed air energy storage (CAES) plant planned near Des Moines, Iowa. The Iowa Stored Energy Park will implement a 30-year-old, little-used technology for energy storage; ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies, an Irving, Calif.-based clean-energy company, has delivered the first shipment of its new ultra-light weight carbon-composite hydrogen storage units to Suzuki Motors in Japan. Suzuki plans to use the hydrogen tanks in its ambitious Fuel Cell Vehicle Program.
The new hydrogen tanks have much higher ...
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
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Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are developing a man-portable generator that would power laser-range finders and heads-up displays used by soldiers in the future.
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
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Saft has won a contract from ECA, the France-based robotic systems specialist, to supply the lithium-ion battery system that will power the French Navy's new anti-mine surveillance vessels currently under development. The advanced technology Saft Li-ion battery system will enable France's Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) to cruise underwater for long ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
A team of researchers from MIT has increased the power output of a fuel cell system by over 50% that could help commercialize the energy storage devices in mainstream markets, particularly in portable electronics.
The new process costs far less than its conventional industrial counterpart and also has potential uses in ...
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