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Puget Sound Energy Announces Decommissioning and Recycling of 2MW/4.4MWh Glacier Lithium-Ion BESS Installed in 2016
PSE (Puget Sound Energy) USA Overview Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has announced the cessation of operations and planned phased removal and battery module recycling for its Glacier BESS, a 2-megawatt, 4.4-megawatt-hour lithium-ion system ins... -
Research Shows Optimized Particle Structure in Sodium-Ion Battery Cathodes Achieves 96.7% Capacity Retention After 300 Cycles, Suppressing Hidden Cracking
Bioengineer.org (Study published in eScience Energy) Unknown Overview A new study published in 'eScience Energy' demonstrates that tailoring the thickness of layered oxide particles along a specific crystallographic direction can prevent... -
Nadion Energy Launches Sodium-Ion Starting Battery Series for Motorcycles and ATVs, Offering Drop-in Replacement for Lead-Acid Batteries
Nadion Energy USA Overview Nadion Energy has launched its new Sodium-Ion Starting Battery Series designed for motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, snowmobiles, and small-engine applications. This marks a significant step in commercializing sodium-io... -
ACS Review Highlights Critical Role of Sodium Compensation for Achieving 100% Initial Coulombic Efficiency in Sodium-Ion Batteries (SIBs)
ACS Publications (ACS Applied Energy Materials) USA Overview A review published in ACS Publications' 'ACS Applied Energy Materials' highlights the critical role of sodium compensation (pre-doping sodium into cathode or anode materials) i... -
NTPC India Seeks Pilot LDES Systems, Including Gravity, CO2, Air, and Advanced CAES, to Drive Renewable Energy Integration
NTPC Limited India Overview NTPC Limited, India's leading power utility, has launched an initiative to identify, analyze, demonstrate, and validate novel long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies for large-scale renewable energy i... -
Tokyo University of Science Research Achieves 91.2% Capacity Retention (After 300 Cycles) in Sodium-Ion Battery Electrodes via Scandium Doping and Surface Coating
EurekAlert! (Peer-Reviewed Publication: Small) Japan Overview Researchers from Tokyo University of Science have discovered that scandium doping and surface coating can significantly improve the durability and performance of sodium-ion ba... -
International Scientists Review Sodium-Ion Battery Prototypes Approaching 200 Wh/kg, Poised as Lower-Cost, Sustainable Alternative
ESS News / pv magazine International Overview An international team of scientists has reviewed recent advances in sodium-ion battery (SIB) components, reporting that prototypes are now approaching an energy density of 200 Wh/kg. This sig... -
U.S. Department of Energy Awards $30 Million to Five Long-Duration Energy Storage Demonstration Projects, Including Organic Flow Batteries and Thermal Storage
U.S. Department of Energy (OCED) USA Overview The U.S. Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) has awarded $30 million in federal funding across five Long-Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Demonstrations Lab Call projects. These includ... -
ACS Review Highlights Critical Need for Cathode Material Optimization to Drive Industrial Adoption of Sodium-Ion Batteries
ACS Publications (ACS Applied Energy Materials) USA Overview A comprehensive review published in ACS Publications' 'ACS Applied Energy Materials' systematically examines research progress on cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries (SI... -
MIT Selected to Lead New NSF Materials Research Center, Securing $18 Million Over 6 Years for Key Research in Medical Imaging, Sustainable Production, Semiconductors, and Magnetic Materials
MIT News USA Overview MIT has been selected by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to lead a new Materials Science and Engineering Research Center (MRSEC). The center will receive $18 million over six years, focusing on research i...
