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Envia Systems New Lithium-Ion Battery: Game Changer?
A U.S.-based company says it has developed a new lithium-ion battery with an energy density of 400 watt-hours per kilogram — roughly twice the density of existing rechargeable batteries — an innovation the company claims could significantly increase the range of electric cars and ultimately cut the price of battery packs by 50 percent. Using [...]
Scaling Energy Transformation at DOE’s ARPA-E Summit
Today, Mike Splinter spoke at the Department of Energy’s inaugural ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit inWashington, D.C. on a panel entitled “Scaling Energy Transformation.” The panel was moderated by Applied Materials Board Member and formerAssistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at theU.S. Department of Energy Alexander “Andy” Karsner. Along with Mike,the panel included several trailblazers [...]
ARPA-E Awards 1366 Technologies Solar PV Crown
1366 Technologies,a photovoltaics start-up company based in Massachusetts, won fourmillion dollars in federal funding from the the U.S. Department ofEnergy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The first ARPA-E solicitation was extremely competitive with over3,600 applications from across the country. Evaluations were based onthe potential for high impact on ARPA-E’s goals and scientific andtechnical merit. 1366 [...]