The green movement in the US is not just limited to the West coast – now New York is getting in on the act with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) awarding $8million to help develop or commercialise 19 advanced energy storage projects.
The awards will be made to companies and universities across the state and could benefit transportation as well as renewable energy technologies and utility Smart Grid applications.
Let’s take a look at some of the projects set to benefit:
- General Electric – Has been awarded $2,500,000 to develop its sodium metal halide batteries for use in a new generation of cleaner locomotives and stationary applications.
- Ultralife Corporation – Picks up $2,400,000 for integrating battery and ultra-capacitors on a common power circuit that serves two renewable energy sources to increase renewable energy contributions to the grid.
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – $200,000 for next-generation lithium-ion rechargeable batteries.
- Cerion Enterprises – With $200,000 it will develop innovative materials for next generation lithium-ion batteries.
- Ioxus - $600,000 will go towards three projects to improve ultracapacitor performance.
- City University of New York – Picks up $349,597 towards two projects – one to develop a nickel-zinc battery that uses low cost materials; and the other to improve the performance of ultra-capacitors.
- Brookhaven National Laboratory – $552,890 towards three projects to develop improved batteries for stationary grid scale energy storage applications.
- SUNY Binghamton – Has been awarded $200,000 for lithium-air storage systems for vehicle or grid systems.
- College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany – Funding worth $200,000 to produce electrolytes that improve the performance of ultra-capacitors.
- Hollingsworth & Vose Co – $200,000 for an advanced separator for valve-regulated lead-acid batteries.
- Cornell University – Has been awarded $200,000 for non-flammable battery electrolytes.
- General Motors – $196,090 for materials for improved lithium-ion battery electrodes for automotive applications.
- Impact Technologies – With $99,766 awarded it will develop a method to increase the lifetime of batteries by assessing battery health.
- Rochester Institute of Technology – With $195,869 it will look into methods to recycle and reuse lithium-ion batteries.
