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See TechnologyTrender.com to see the popularity (business traction) of various battery types. See Associations Page for the Electricity Storage Association. Energy and Battery Terms - from Gridpoint.
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Companies
3M - offers proprietary cathode materials that have excellent electrochemical properties and thermal stability for use in rechargeable lithium ion batteries. These products can be used in lithium battery applications including mobile phones, laptop computers, power tools and a variety of handheld and portable devices. These high performing products are an excellent alternative to Lithium Cobalt Oxide and their improved thermal stability in their intended applications should enable battery makers to design safer batteries. Website.
A123 Systems - a developer of advanced Lithium-Ion based cells for rechargeable battery packs. Website. Investors: Onpoint Technologies. Search Terms: Plug-In Hybrid, Hybrid Electric, Back-Up Power. Locations: Hopkinton, Massachusetts; Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Alchemy Enterprises - . is an alternative energy company that is developing a new electric power cell technology that it believes will generate and manage electricity to power a broad range of applications, from every day vehicles such as buses, trucks, trains and cars to alternative power supply stations to power homes. Working in a research and development partnership with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratories, the patent-pending electric power cell technology is believed to be a clean, environmentally friendly, re-usable source for electric power and fuel.
Locations: Scottsdale, Arizona.
Stock: (OTCBB: ACHM)
Website: http://www.ecotality.com
Altairnano - battery provider using their position in discovery, development and manufacture of ceramic nanomaterials. Website. Advisory Board: No.
Boston Power - bringing next-generation lithium-ion battery technology to market. Website. Investors: Venrock, Granite Global Ventures, Gabriel Venture Partners. Locations: Westborough, Massachusetts; Shenzhen, China. Advisory Board: No.
Deeya Energy - is developing novel energy storage devices, based on its proprietary “L-Cell” technology, for use in load-shifting, UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) and renewable energy. Deeya’s L-Cells have better charging and discharging performance at a lower cost than other batteries. The L-Cells contain environmentally benign materials and are infinitely recyclable, as opposed to the kinds of materials used in other batteries, such as lead-acid. Website. Management. Investors: BlueRun Ventures, Element Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, New Enterprise Associates. Locations: Freemont, California. *
Website: http://www.deeyaenergy.com
ECD Ovonics - Energy - Solar Page. (Also, involved in batteries.)
Electro Energy Inc (EEI) - founded in 1992, is an engineering, technology, and manufacturing organization, dedicated to meeting its customers’ needs with its proprietary battery technologies and associated systems. Website. Electro Energy is dedicated to making a better battery. Our new patented bipolar batteries are cheaper, lighter, more efficient, longer lasting, and have a greater range of application than any other battery currently on the market.
Enerdel - located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, is commercializing high-rate lithium power modules for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and other select markets. The company is owned 80.5% by Ener1, Inc. (OTCBB: ENEI) 19.5% by Delphi Corporation (NYSE: DPH). Our proprietary technologies include high-rate battery electrodes and an automated mass production process developed with the help of Enerstruct, Inc., Ener1's joint venture company with $90 billion Japanese industrial conglomerate ITOCHU Corporation. The company is leveraging the engineering services of a highly qualified team of production engineers from Enerstruct. This group's 100+ years of collective experience includes overseeing production automation at some of the world's largest lithium battery companies, including Sony, GS Battery and Sanyo. As the US market for fuel efficient hybrid vehicles experiences an exponential increase, and automotive manufacturers prepare to build hybrid vehicles in the US to be closer to the largest HEV market, EnerDel will be ready with a lithium power module designed to meet the demands of this emerging market. The performance advantages of EnerDel's high-rate battery electrodes, as well as the systems integration capabilities from partner Delphi, combined with automated manufacturing, will help us become a leading supplier of low cost battery solutions that improve the performance and efficiency of hybrid electric vehicles. Website.
Enersys - one of the world's largest industrial battery manufacturers and a leader in stored energy solutions, Advisory Board: No. Website.
Fiamm - large lead acid battery manufacturer. Advisory Board: No. Website.
FireFly Energy - is overcoming long-standing performance bottlenecks of existing lead-acid battery products by utilizing fresh, untapped technologies. Advisory Board: No. Website.
Hyperion Power Generation - was formed to bring to market the unique Hyperion (formerly Comstar) small, modular, non-weapons grade nuclear power reactor invented by Dr. Otis “Pete” Peterson at the United States’ famed Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico. Through the commercialization program at LANL’s Technology Transfer Division, HPG was awarded the exclusive license to utilize the intellectual property and develop a product that will benefit the U.S. economy and global society as a whole.
Locations: Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Website: http://www.hyperionpowergeneration.com
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_Power_Generation
Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS) - a privately-held venture backed technology company headquartered near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Littleton, Colorado, is the global leader in designing, manufacturing, and marketing thin film batteries (TFB) for micro-electronic applications. These flexible, rechargeable, solid-state lithium batteries, offered under the LiTE«STAR™ brand, are unrivaled in thinness, re-chargeability, and power performance, and operate over extreme temperature conditions. The LiTE«STAR™. TFBs can be easily recharged in a few seconds to a few minutes, and can be combined with energy harvesting devices to provide miniature, unlimited power, enabling applications such as active RFID tags, Smart Cards, implantable medical devices, wireless sensors, and a plethora of other commercial and military applications. Please take a moment to visit our website and learn more about the performance benefits and system design advantages using LiTE«STAR™! Website.
International Battery - is an integrated designer, and developer of high-energy and high rate lithium-ion rechargeable cells and is a developer and supplier of batteries for use in a wide range of military, commercial and vehicle applications. The Company’s target markets are the U.S. military, military contractors, vehicle high-energy cells and batteries for vehicles, auxiliary power units, uninterrupted power systems and hybrid electric and electric vehicle manufacturers.
Locations: Oakland, New Jersey.
Website: http://www.internationalbatteryinc.com
Interstate PowerCare - Enjoying a reputation for top-quality products, business innovations and consistently reliable service, Interstate Batteries is the No. 1 replacement brand battery in North America. Now over a billion dollar, privately-held corporation, our enterprise continues to thrive on our innovation as well as our good old-fashioned business principles. Interstate PowerCare provides power systems with reliable 24-hour service response for motive power, uninterruptible power, telecommunications and switchgear. Having already built a nationwide distribution system, Interstate has the know how to deliver power solutions anytime, anywhere.
Locations: Dallas, Texas, and many others.
Websites: http://www.interstatepowercare.com
ITI Energy - is to develop a new low-cost, high-energy rechargeable battery initially based on using Lithium-ion (Li-on) technologies. The programme involves collaboration between ITI Energy and St Andrews University and is focused on developing a Fe-based cathode material which has the potential to provide substantial improvements in performance at lower cost than conventional Li-ion batteries. The new high-energy battery technology will initially target the mobile phone and laptop markets and then be applied to potential longer term opportunities in the electric/hybrid electric vehicle (EV/HEV) market. The material has the potential to deliver 150% higher energy capacity, giving longer periods between recharge and cost reductions of up to 20%. See Energy - Capital Page. Large Scale Battery page on site. *
ITN - has used its expertise in thin film technology to create a unique battery that has numerous advantages over other rechargeable batteries and has been introduced into Commercial Markets. Main Page - Energy - Incubators. Website Page on Lithium Battery.
Modular Energy Devices - pioneered a new electronically controlled battery architecture (patent pending) that reliably combines many small commercial cells in parallel to make large batteries. Advisory Board: No. Website
Nanoexa - an international clean energy company focused on bringing innovative clean energy storage products to market. With a rapid systems-level approach to commercialization, Nanoexa is has assembled an extensive IP portfolio, initially focused on next generation lithium ion batteries. In 2006, Nanoexa acquired a controlling interest in Decktron, a publicly traded South Korean global manufacturing company. Nanoexa is based in South San Francisco, California. Website.
PowerGenics - a developer and seller of next-generation rechargeable batteries. Website. Locations: San Diego, California. Search Terms: Nickel-Zinc. Investors: Onpoint Technologies.
Locations: San Diego, California.
Saft - high tech batteries of various designs. Advisory Board: No. Website
Solicore - develops, manufactures, and markets ultra-thin, flexible lithium polymer batteries under its Flexion brand that serve the powered card, RFID and medical device markets. Website. Investors: Firelake Capital Management. HQ: Lakeland Florida. Advisory Board: No.
SRI International - Energy - Research Page. Battery Page on Website.
Toshiba - On January 27, 2004, Toshiba Corporation announced plans to exit the rechargeable lithium ion battery business by the end of December 2004. Toshiba Corporation sold its nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH) battery line, which was manufactured by Toshiba Battery Company Ltd., to Sanyo Corporation in October 2000.
Trojan Battery Company - Trojan is the world’s #1 manufacturer of deep cycle batteries, with our corporate headquarters and two manufacturing facilities still located in Southern California, and an eastern facility located in the Atlanta area. Locations: Santa Fe Springs, California; Lithonia, Georgia. Website. Advisory Board: No.
Valence Technology - developed and markets the industry's first commercially available, safe, large-format family of Lithium Phosphate Rechargeable Batteries. Valence Technology holds an extensive, worldwide portfolio of issued and pending patents relating to its Lithium Phosphate Rechargeable Batteries. The company has facilities in Austin, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada; Mallusk, Northern Ireland and Shanghai, China. Website. Yahoo Finance. Management. Board.
Locations: Austin, Texas.
VRB Power Systems - an energy storage technology developer which is marketing, selling and manufacturing products utilizing the patented VRB Energy Storage System. The VRB-ESS can economically store and supply large amounts of electricity on demand and is focused on stationary applications. Website
ZBB Energy Corporation - develops and manufactures distributed energy storage solutions based on the Company’s proprietary zinc-bromine rechargeable electrical energy storage technology. The unique, modular construction of the Company’s core 50 kWh product enables ZBB’s battery to be sized and packaged as a fully customized, large format, energy storage system. This scaleable, mobile system is ideally suited for a number of large market applications.
Locations: Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.
Website: http://www.zbbenergy.com
Zinc Matrix Power - develops high-performance rechargeable alkaline battery technology for commercial and military markets. Website. Locations: Camarillo, California.
Projects
AES - has a Sodium Sulfur battery in service and 2 on order from NGK Technologies. Each battery is about 2 MW. (9/2007).
Resources
GreenTechMedia - Funding in Batteries - http://www.greentechmedia.com/categories/category-batteries-and-storage.html
Technologies
Sodium Sulfur - A sodium-sulfur battery is a type of battery constructed from sodium (Na) and sulfur (S). This type of battery exhibits a high energy density, high efficiency of charge/discharge (89—92%), long cycle life, and is made from inexpensive, non-toxic materials. However, the operating temperature of 300 to 350 °C and the highly corrosive nature of sodium make it suitable only for large-scale non-mobile applications. Wikipedia. Shaving Load peaks from the substation - PDF. Popularity versus other batteries.
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