Emerging Technology, Markets & Trends
Will Direct Lithium Extraction be a Driver or Passenger in Electrification?
Matt Montalbano, Zondits staff, 5/12/2022 Electrification in the transportation sector will be driven by batteries. And for the foreseeable future, specifically lithium-ion batteries. With the demand for electric vehicles (EV) around the world on the rise, producers will look to increase lithium extraction to meet the market needs. According to a World Bank Group report, […]
"featured", batteries, electric vehicle, lithium, mining, NREL
Program Implementation, Programs & Policy
Virtual Power Plant on the Horizon for PGE Customers
This article was published on energycentral.com on July 1, 2020. Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) is set to launch a pilot program that will incentivize installation and connection of 525 residential energy storage batteries that PGE will dispatch, contributing up to four megawatts of energy to PGE’s grid. The distributed assets will create a […]
batteries, Energy storage, grid, Oregon, PGE, Portland, Virtual power plant
Clean Grid Technology, Energy Storage
Montana looking to bring back pumped hydro storage
Written by Julian Spector, Greentechmedia.com, August 13, 2019 Montana Developer Ready to Build Modern-Day Pumped Hydro Storage Absaroka Energy and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners plan to update an old storage technology for the 21st century. All they need is a customer. A former Navy prosecutor turned Montana-based clean energy developer wants to build the first pumped […]
batteries, Energy storage, hydro storage, Montana, technology
Clean Grid Technology, Energy Storage
Energy Department Allocates Money to Research Batteries and Electrification
Energy Department Announces $15 Million for Batteries and Electrification to Enable Extreme Fast Charging energy.gov, October 23, 2017 Today, the Energy Department announced up to $15 million for research projects on batteries and vehicle electrification technologies to enable extreme fast charging. The Department’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) funds early-stage, high-risk research to generate knowledge […]
batteries, Electrification, Energy Department, Extreme Fast Charging, lithium ion