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Technology Trending: microgrid DERMS, AI for outage recovery, next-gen battery electrodes, new energy transition materials

Smart Energy International

New, easily fabricated, high performance carbon microlattice electrodes could soon be used to make cheaper batteries powered by readily available sodium ions as an alternative to lithium-ion, according to researchers at Japan’s Tohoku University. New materials to drive the energy transition.

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World Energy Storage Day: a global platform for the energy industry’s potential

Smart Energy International

This is because all these giga factories are now looking at scaling the global manufacturing operations for advanced lithium-ion manufacturing from 1000GWh to more than 5,000 GWh to 7,000 GWh within the next seven years. One of the critical challenges which are going to come up in the next 4-5 years is related to the supply chain.

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Iron Flow Batteries To Be Built In Queensland

CleanTechnica

Energy Storage Industries Asia Pacific (ESI) will distribute these long-duration flow batteries, known as Energy Warehouse systems, across Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania. According to a recent press release: […].