Energy Storage Update 11/28

Researchers Create Single-surface Material For Energy Storage RedOrbit A seamless graphene/nanotube hybrid created at Rice University may be the best electrode interface material possible for many energy storage and electronics applications. Led by Rice chemist James Tour, researchers have successfully grown forests of ...

Scientists capture lithium-ion batteries in nanoscale action Energy Harvesting Journal Unfortunately, these dense and lightweight energy storage devices begin to degrade over time, steadily losing total capacity even when sitting idle on the shelf. Scaling up this promising technology to better power electric vehicles or facilitate grid ... Energy Harvesting Journal

AEG and ITM cooperate on energy storage pv magazine AEG Power Solutions has signed an agreement with energy storage and clean fuel company, ITM Power. The companies will cooperate on integrating ITM Power's electrolyser with AEG PS's power control electronics. AEG Power Solutions' power conversion ... pv magazine

Synthetic molecule stores solar energy Nanowerk LLC Many researchers believe that using the sun as the energy source offers the best opportunities for developing a sustainable energy system. One challenge in this area is to find efficient storage methods for saving the captured energy and transporting ...

AIXTRON SE : Masdar Selects AIXTRON System to Produce Carbon Nanotubes ... 4-traders The new BM Pro will be used in the development of technologies for clean energy storage and generation by Dr. Amal Al Ghaferi from Masdar Institute's Materials Science and Engineering Department. Dr. Al Ghaferi comments, "We needed a system that was ...

Cooperation Between Rafael and Nation-E IsraelDefense Nation-E and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have decided to cooperate in the field of energy storage systems for electrical networks. Both companies concluded the cooperation in the framework of the fifth International Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy ... IsraelDefense

Hydrogen could help with power storage systems FuelFix (blog) While storage systems involving water, compressed air or lithium ion batteries have gotten the bulk of attention among the nascent energy storage industry, systems that use excess power to generate hydrogen gas could provide a flexible and highly ... FuelFix (blog)

Zoo solar project highlights energy storage combined with EV charging San Diego Source (subscription) Visible from the street driving south on Park Boulevard between Zoo Drive and Zoo Place, the Solar-to-EV Project's 10 canopy structures can produce enough energy at peak capacity to power 59 homes, as well as five electric vehicle charging stations and ...

Domestic Solar Storage from RWE Solar Novus Today Starting in the spring of 2013, German utility RWE will offer a modular energy storage system called RWE HomePower solar for private households. In combination with the energy control system RWE SmartHome energy input and consumption become ... MHI to Introduce Large-capacity Lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage ... Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), jointly with SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc), will begin an energy storage system demonstration ... www.intelligentutility.com/.../mhi-introduce-large-capacity-lit...