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Lead battery research at national labs
Lead Battery Research Underway in National Labs

In this Part 2 blog, our guest blogger Dr. Matt Raiford, manager for the Consortium for Battery Innovation...

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August 26, 2021

An Innovation Wave: Lead Battery Research Driven by Universities and National Labs

In this Part 1 blog, our guest blogger Dr. Matt Raiford, manager for the Consortium for Battery Innovation...

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August 18, 2021

EEE Website Wins Gold Awards
Essential Energy Everyday Website Captures Two Golds at 2021 dotCOMM Awards

While athletes were being awarded in Tokyo, another big winner was accepting gold closer to home. Essential...

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August 12, 2021

Dr. Cora Lind-Kovacs Thought Leadership
Synergistic Science: When Industry and Academia Meet

Our guest blogger, Dr. Cora Lind-Kovacs, is an academic researcher, professor and associate chair of The...

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August 10, 2021

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Lead Battery Manufacturers, Argonne National Laboratory and The University of Toledo Join Forces

A cohort of U.S. lead battery companies today announced a collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy's...

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July 29, 2021

What Role Can Lead-Acid Batteries Play in the Circular Economy?

Guest blogger, Roger Miksad, explains how lead batteries contribute to a circular economy and the recent...

Essential Insights
July 21, 2021

Lead Battery Grand Challenge Roadmap Report
A Roadmap: How Lead Batteries Will Help Assert U.S. Leadership in Energy Storage

The lead battery industry has issued a “call to arms for lead battery manufacturers, DOE and the national...

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July 15, 2021

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Statement from Battery Council International on New DOE “Long Duration Storage Shot” Program

Today DOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced the U.S. DOE’s new goals to reduce the cost of grid-scale,...

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July 14, 2021

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Lead Battery Industry Releases Innovation Roadmap to Strengthen U.S. Energy Sector Infrastructure

As lawmakers work to strengthen infrastructure within the energy sector, batteries have emerged as a critical...

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July 14, 2021

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Venkat Srinivasan from the Argonne Collaborative Center

The lead acid battery ... is legendary. We can recycle 95+ percent of [these] batteries all across the world. It's a very safe chemistry, ... [and] we understand how to use it very, very well.

Dr. Venkat Srinivasan, Director, Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science