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	<description>The Future of American Energy Independence</description>
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		<title>Why Storage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 16:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[distributed energy storage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric vehicles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[EV's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my talk last week at the Electricity Storage Association (ESA) meeting in Washington, I started my presentation with an important, if not always well-considered, question:  Why storage?  Part of the answer, certainly, is that storage is an innovative, new tool for grid operators.  It adds a new dimension to the grid:  Traditional wires and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAATBatt Announces DES Demonstration Project Initiative</title>
		<link>http://naatbatt.org/naatbatt-blog/naatbatt-announces-des-demonstration-project-initiative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 13:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distributed energy storage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 22nd Annual Meeting of the Electricity Storage Association (ESA) wrapped up today in Washington D.C.  Drawing more than 500 attendees, the meeting was very successful and a testament to the movement of advanced energy storage on the grid ever closer to commercial feasibility. One of the themes touched upon by several speakers at ESA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lux Research Report Highlights the Need for Innovation</title>
		<link>http://naatbatt.org/naatbatt-blog/lux-research-report-highlights-the-need-for-innovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NAATBatt Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advanced batteries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lithium-ion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lux Research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, Lux Research published a report titled “Searching for Innovations to Cut Li-ion Battery Costs”, information about which can be obtained at www.luxresearchinc.com.   The report suggests that while scaling production of high energy automotive Li-ion batteries can reduce their costs, the benefits of scale max out at a certain point.  The Lux report suggests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAATBatt Meets with Secretary Chu; New Initiatives to Follow</title>
		<link>http://naatbatt.org/naatbatt-blog/the-storage-industry-meets-with-secretary-chu-new-initiatives-to-follow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NAATBatt Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distributed energy storage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAATBatt white paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secretary Steven Chu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last Monday I had the pleasure and privilege of accompanying a delegation of eleven companies (ABB, Altairnano, AEP, Dow Chemical, Dow-Kokam, DTE Energy, Duke Energy, EaglePicher, General Motors, KEMA and S&#38;C Electric) to a meeting with Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in Washington.  The delegation was part of a working group of companies that produced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAATBatt Group Presents Recommendations to Secretary of Energy Steven Chu</title>
		<link>http://naatbatt.org/naatbatt-blog/naatbatt-group-presents-recommendations-to-secretary-of-energy-steven-chu/</link>
		<comments>http://naatbatt.org/naatbatt-blog/naatbatt-group-presents-recommendations-to-secretary-of-energy-steven-chu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NAATBatt Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distributed energy storage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secretary Steven Chu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago, Illinois (April 16, 2012) &#8211; The National Alliance for Advanced Technology Batteries (NAATBatt) issued a white paper  today detailing the benefits that would result from widespread deployment of distributed energy storage (DES) systems.  Representatives of a coalition of industrial companies and electric utilities assembled by NAATBatt presented a copy of the white paper to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battery Fires and Rick Santelli</title>
		<link>http://naatbatt.org/naatbatt-blog/battery-fires-and-rick-santelli/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[battery safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Santelli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Technical Center]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday the advanced battery industry again received some negative publicity when an explosion in one of the laboratories at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan injured one employee and caused the building to be evacuated.  According to press reports, the incident occurred during extreme abuse testing of a new prototype battery.  During [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workshop Format Demonstrates the Value of NAATBatt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 03:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NAATBatt Blog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Workshop on thermal safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The workshop held this past Tuesday in Chicago on thermal safety issues in lithium-ion batteries was a great success.  The success was not unexpected.  We knew before it started that we had identified the leading experts in the world on the subject of thermal safety to participate in the program, and the agreement of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experience with Energy Storage Technology is the Key to Promoting Innovation</title>
		<link>http://naatbatt.org/naatbatt-blog/experience-with-energy-storage-technology-is-the-key-to-promoting-innovation/</link>
		<comments>http://naatbatt.org/naatbatt-blog/experience-with-energy-storage-technology-is-the-key-to-promoting-innovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NAATBatt Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARPA-E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[battery cost reduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lux Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://naatbatt.org/?p=2076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This past week, Lux Research released a report on its outlook for lithium-ion batteries and the prospects for cost reduction.  Lux noted that the electric vehicle market has been slow to develop and that the key to its more rapid evolution is, as always, reducing the price of lithium-ion batteries.  The report suggests, however, that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking About Disruptions in the Advanced Battery Supply Chain</title>
		<link>http://naatbatt.org/naatbatt-blog/thinking-about-disruptions-in-the-advanced-battery-supply-chain/</link>
		<comments>http://naatbatt.org/naatbatt-blog/thinking-about-disruptions-in-the-advanced-battery-supply-chain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NAATBatt Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rare earth metals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supply chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White House National Science and Technology Council]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://naatbatt.org/?p=2072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today I participated in a roundtable discussion at the U.S. Department of Commerce on possible threats to the supply chains of critical technology materials. The Department of Commerce and the White House National Science and Technology Council co-sponsored the meeting responding in part to recent concerns about rare earth metals supply.  The purpose of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing Past the Bad News</title>
		<link>http://naatbatt.org/naatbatt-blog/seeing-past-the-bad-news/</link>
		<comments>http://naatbatt.org/naatbatt-blog/seeing-past-the-bad-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NAATBatt Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BASF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chevy Volt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Battery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ovonic Battery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silicon anodes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The past few weeks have been rough ones for the advanced battery industry and for electric drive.  Last week, NAATBatt member International Battery shut its doors, citing a lack of cash.  This followed General Motor’s announcement that Volt production was being suspended temporarily for lack of demand.  Bankruptcy court approval of Ener1’s plan of reorganization [...]]]></description>
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