Jan 15, 2010 By Jacob Grose The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced $620 million for Smart Grid demonstration and energy-storage projects. These include two grid storage projects, from AEP in Ohio and Detroit Edison in Michigan, which incorporate community-scale energy-storage (CES) pilots. These CES projects use lithium-ion battery packs similar in capacity to electric [...]

Jan 6, 2010 By David Link Energy storage technologies will have a large role to play in the electricity grid of the future, with demand being driven by the growth of intermittent renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, the development of the Smart Grid and a shift to plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. [...]

John Gartner — December 8, 2009 Driving to work and flipping on a light switch may seem to unrelated activities, but very soon lithium ion batteries will assist in making both possible. The nascent electric vehicle market is likely to standardize on lithium ion batteries. Today the cost of plug-in and all-electric vehicles is too [...]