NEDO-supported consortium builds large-scale hybrid storage battery system in Farrel, Lower Saxony
NEDO and Hitachi Kasei, Hitachi Power Solutions and NGK Insulators have completed a large-scale hybrid storage battery system in Farrel city, Lower Saxony, Germany and will start operation from November 1, 2018. The system consists of two types of storage batteries with different characteristics (lithium ion battery and sodium sulfur battery, total capacity 11.5 MW / 22.5 MWh). By making the system capable of high power, large capacity, chargeable and dischargeable, adjustment of the electricity supply-demand balance will be easier to reach and help to the stabilize input of wind energy into the power grid. A business model of new power trading based on this system will also be developed.
NEDO news release, October 31, 2018
NEDO-supported consortium builds large-scale hybrid storage battery system in Farrel, Lower Saxony
NEDO and Hitachi Kasei, Hitachi Power Solutions and NGK Insulators have completed a large-scale hybrid storage battery system in Farrel city, Lower Saxony, Germany and will start operation from November 1, 2018. The system consists of two types of storage batteries...
read moreOtsuka Pharmaceuticals signs agreement on cardiomyocyte technology with Adipo Medical Technology
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read moreLion reports positive impact on oral health using its saliva test system SMT
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read moreDaicel and Chitose to collaborate on C-4 chemicals from glycerol
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read moreJapan will introduce charges for the use of plastic shopping bags from 2020
The Ministry of Environment has decided to stop free distribution of plastic shopping bags from 2020. Appropriate replacement of bags from renewable resources such as recycled materials, paper and biomass plastics will be supported. By 2030 it is aimed to have...
read moreTokai University Hospital to test osteoarthritis treatment by autologous cartilage cell sheet transfer
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read moreRIKEN team develops improved simulation software of protein 3D structures from cryo-electron microscope images
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read moreNEDO holds „hydrogen ministerial conference”
With the participation of over 300 stakeholders from 21 countries, regions, and institutions the importance of international cooperation on hydrogen was stressed, and a policy toward global utilization of hydrogen was formulated (Tokyo Declaration). Japan will host...
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Kaneka's Aonilex biopolymer, a bacterial copolymer from 2-hydroxybutyrate and 2-hydroxyhexanoate, will be produced at a level of 5000 t/y, but production could be raised shortly to 20,000 t, due to raising demands in Europe. The biopolymer is not only biodegradable,...
read moreKaneka advances soft tissue reconstruction using stem-cell technology
In its CellPort Clinic Yokohama acquired in 2012 Kaneka has already treated 1100 cases of soft tissue augmentation such as breast augmentation and breast cancer treatment and facial degenerative diseases using stem cells obtained from adipose tissue of the patient....
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