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A team of USU researchers is getting some national attention for a project that could give electric vehicle batteries a second life as solar energy storage.
The team from USUâs Utah Power Electronics Lab includes professors Hongjie Wang and Regan Zane as well as doctoral students Marium Rasheed and Mohamed Kamel. Working with Maryland-based research firm Dream Team, the researchers are developing technology that could adapt batteries retired from electrical vehicles for storing solar energy.
âThat would solve two problems,â said Wang, the projectâs principal investigator. âOne is how to handle the retired batteries from electrical vehicles. And the second one is to reduce the solar energy storage cost.â
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“Pellucere has exceeded our technical performance expectations and we are glad to have Fortistar’s strong operations-focused team recognize and join in the execution of the company’s growth plans,” said George Coyle, Managing Partner at EIC.
In 2021, Pellucere expects to complete installation of the MoreSun coating on more than 500 MW of retrofit solar projects in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Africa.
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More on MoreSun. Pellucere was spun out of Oregon State University to commercialize the nano-technology developed by Dr. Chih-hung Chang and Dr. Seung-Yeol Han. The company has also developed and manufactures a patented robotic applicator system for the MoreSun coatings to enable high-precision, high-efficiency field application of the product.
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HOUSTON, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Pellucere Technologies, Inc., a U.S.-based sustainable technology focused company that manufactures anti-reflective and anti-soiling coatings for solar, automotive, and consumer electronics, announced today that Fortistar, a privately-owned investment firm that provides capital to build, grow and manage companies that address complex sustainability challenges, is co-investing alongside existing investor Energy Innovation Capital ( EIC ) to fund the rapid growth of the company.
MoreSun s Anti-Soiling technology added up to 12% additional energy during a multi-year field test in the California Desert. The modules in the photo were not washed for a full year.
Trump energy chief says he has positioned US to begin meeting Biden climate goals Print this article
President Trump’s energy secretary, Dan Brouillette, says he supports the incoming Biden administration’s plans to accelerate investments in clean energy and electric vehicles to combat climate change.
While Trump is known for promoting fossil fuel development and questioning climate change science, Brouillette, his understated energy secretary, has been quietly working to develop technologies that he believes will be crucial to realizing a lower-carbon energy economy.
Now, as he prepares to hand off the reins of the Energy Department, Brouillette argues his agency has “positioned” the United States on a course to be able to meet President-elect Joe Biden’s accelerated goal of eliminating greenhouse gases from the economy by 2050.