US government: We've found 'holy grail' of grid-scale battery tech

    US government: We've found 'holy grail' of grid-scale battery tech


    Posted: 04 Mar 2016
    US Department of Energy's research arm is upbeat about the prospects of new battery technology ushering in clean and cheap energy.

    The research arm of the US Department of Energy (DoE) claims to have discovered game-changing energy-storage technologies that could accelerate the uptake of clean energy and make everything from smartphones to electric vehicles run for longer.

    Ellen Williams, director of DoE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), says it has achieved several breakthroughs in energy-storage technology that could transform the electrical grid.

    "We have reached some holy grails in batteries -- just in the sense of demonstrating that we can create a totally new approach to battery technology, make it work, make it commercially viable, and get it out there to let it do its thing," Williams told The Guardian.

    ARPA-E, which is modelled on the more widely-known Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), gained its first funding in 2009 under Barack Obama and formed part of the government's stimulus plan.

    The group is tasked with supporting "transformational energy projects" and, according to Obama, 45 ARPA-E backed projects have now secured more than $1.25bn in private-sector funding. ARPA-E has invested about $1.3bn across 475 projects over the past seven years...


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    Brink's Avatar Posted By: Brink
    04 Mar 2016



  1. Posts : 25,847
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    Thanks Shawn.
    Very interesting article.
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    I ain't buyin' it. "We have reached some holy grails in batteries" but then mentions 4 different research project in various stages, none of which AFAICT is remotely close to commercialization.

    What she meant to say was "Let's drum-up more public support for all these projects we need funding for!"

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       #3

    I can see looking at more than one method to improve the battery usage.
    Are these searchers trying to drum up some more money for their projects, absolutely.
    Will all this money be spent wisely? NO
    They must spend all the money one way or the other or they won't get anymore government grants. That is the way the system works.
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  4. whs
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    I think she is a mouth full without any proof of what they have really accomplished.
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