Taking Battery Technology from the Lab to the Big City

Multimedia · Mon Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2013

OSTI ID:1114140

Banerjee, Sanjoy; Shmukler, Michael; Martin, Cheryl

Urban Electric Power, a startup formed by researchers from the City University of New York (CUNY) Energy Institute, is taking breakthroughs in battery technology from the lab to the market. With industry and government funding, including a grant from the Energy Department, Urban Electric Power developed a zinc-nickel oxide battery electrolyte that circulates constantly, eliminating dendrite formation and preventing battery shortages. Their new challenge is to take this technology to the market, where they can scale up the batteries for reducing peak energy demand in urban areas and storing variable renewable electricity.

• Research Organization: Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 1114140
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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25 ENERGY STORAGE
BATTERY
RENEWABLE
NEW YORK
RECHARGEABLE
ENERGY STORAGE
PEAK DEMAND
TRANSMISSION
ELECTRIC POWER