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Huge utility-scale battery project planned for SW Ontario

May 13, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Jason Rioux, chief development officer with NRStor Inc., about Oneida Energy Storage, his company’s joint project with Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation to build [Read more]

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This changes everything: Battery prices in free fall

January 13, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews James Frith, head of energy storage for BloombergNEF, on the annual battery price survey. Cheap battery storage is already revolutionizing electric vehicles, electric utilities, and many other [Read more]

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Costs of different battery storage technologies depend on technical characteristics

June 1, 2018 Markham Hislop

Energy-oriented battery systems are used to provide services such as electricity peak load shaving Capital costs for large-scale battery storage systems installed across the United States differ depending on technical characteristics. Systems are generally designed to provide either greater [Read more]

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Innovation

Strong policy and falling battery costs drive another record year for electric cars – IEA

May 31, 2018 Markham Hislop

EV growth largely driven by government policy, including public procurement programmes, financial subsidies The number of electric and plug-in hybrid cars on the world’s roads exceeded 3 million in 2017, a 54% increase compared with [Read more]

Innovation

Siemens, Northvolt partner in next generation of lithium-ion battery production

May 31, 2018 Markham Hislop

Once completed in 2020, Siemens intends to purchase batteries from the factory, making Northvolt a preferred supplier Siemens and Northvolt announced a partnership for the development of best-in-class technology to produce high-quality, green lithium-ion batteries, [Read more]

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Innovation

New lithium technology promises 30% to 50% longer battery life

April 19, 2018 Markham Hislop

Investors in lithium mining activities stand to reap the gains, with lithium expected by some analysts to be bigger than copper by 2030 In a boon for lithium power, researchers have built a prototype lithium [Read more]

Innovation

Alberta engineer finds way to create valuable energy storage battery product from oil sands waste

April 13, 2018 Markham Hislop

JT Steenkamp, Shell Canada engineer. Photo: CBC. University of Calgary is monitoring and analyzing field test data from Alberta’s first vanadium Redox Flow Battery JT Steenkamp had momentarily stepped away from his family’s Christmas festivities [Read more]

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Innovation

Next-generation battery storage system could double range of electric vehicles

March 16, 2018 Markham Hislop

Battery modules can be exchanged at any point, even years later, and storage capacity can also be expanded years later The commercial storage system manufacturer Tesvolt collaborated with Samsung SDI to develop a high-voltage storage [Read more]

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Canadian university has breakthrough in battery technology using manganese sheets

January 26, 2018 Markham Hislop

Waterloo University creates breakthrough battery composition using manganese sheets USA News Group – Further demand for high grade, high purity manganese may be driven by new technology thanks to breakthroughs like the new discovery by researchers that [Read more]

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The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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