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Duke Energy converting nation's largest utility-scale battery to lithium
2015-07-02 12:59:47| Energy - Topix.net
Duke Energy Renewables has decided to upgrade the 36-megawatt storage battery at its Notrees Wind Power project in Texas, converting to lithium-ion technology from its the original lead acid battery. Duke Renewables spokeswoman Tammie McGee say the battery has not been used so much to store wind energy for later use - the original plan - as it has been to help the Energy Reliable Council of Texas balance its grid operations.
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Europes largest battery creates a buzz in Bedfordshire
2015-07-02 01:00:00| Power Technology
Trials at the Smarter Network Storage facility, the largest electricity storage facility of its type in Europe, began last year with a view to assessing the giant battery over the next two years. Conducted in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire in the UK,
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Report: Bosch and GS Yuasa targeting production of lower-cost, higher-capacity Li-ion battery in 2020
2015-07-01 16:55:52| Green Car Congress
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New hexagonal battery from LG to power upcoming smartwatches
2015-06-30 16:47:30| Chemicals - Topix.net
LG's chemical engineering division, LG Chem, has unveiled a new hexagonal battery designed for circular smartwatches that hopes to bring better battery life to the compact devices, at least compared to currently-used rectangular cells. The hexagonal smartwatch battery developed by LG Chem isn't shaped like a traditional hexagon: instead it features a flat top and sides, with a bottom edge that is sculpted to fit circular smartwatches.
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LG Works On New Hexagonal Battery For Smartwatches
2015-06-30 03:18:42| Chemicals - Topix.net
If there is one particular issue that modern day mobile devices have to grapple with, it would be that of battery life - there is simply way too many functions that eat into a device's battery life too soon. Remember the good old days where old school Nokias like the Nokia 3310 was able to last for four, or even five days of regular use? Well, smartwatches might be the next wave of wearable tech to make it big globally, and hence, it would be prudent to pay attention to their battery life, too.
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