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Urban Electric Power and Pine Gate Renewables partner to expand
solar-tied and freestanding energy storage across the U.S.
Initial 4,550 MWh deal takes major step towards utility-scale adoption of rechargeable zinc alkaline battery systems as an alternative to lithium and lead cells. Pearl River, New York, and Asheville, North Carolina, May 16, 2022—Urban Electric Power and Pine...
Urban Electric Power announced its acceptance by cloud computing provider Amazon Web Services into its Clean Energy Accelerator 2.0 program, as one of only 12 innovative startups selected from 424 applicants in 58 countries.
Amazon Web Services (AWS), supported by Beta-I, developed the Clean Energy Accelerator 2.0, a unique mentorship and co-innovation opportunity for mature cleantech startups. The AWS Clean Energy Accelerator is designed to encourage co-innovation and acceleration...
Urban Electric Power supplies the first rechargeable alkaline battery system in Europe
Urban Electric Power has announced it has supplied a 20 kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery energy storage system to EverZinc’s zinc oxide production plant in Eijsden, Netherlands, which provides the zinc powder used in the battery. Robin Whitlock, Renewable Energy Magazine....
For Earth Day, SDSC Greens Up Its Batteries
By Oliver Peckham, Just in time for Earth Day, the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) has announced that it has replaced tens of thousands of pounds of toxic batteries with a more environmentally friendly alternative. The batteries, which protect the...
Urban Electric Power installs 1,000-kWh alkaline battery backup system for San Diego Supercomputer Center
By Kelly Pickerel | April 18, 2022 Urban Electric Power has installed its rechargeable alkaline battery technology at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), replacing 1,000 kWh of lead-acid batteries. The center, located at the University of California San Diego,...
Urban Electric Power Installs First Enterprise-Scale Rechargeable Alkaline Battery, to Enhance San Diego Supercomputer Center’s Resiliency
Urban Electric Power announced that its rechargeable alkaline battery technology has been installed at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), replacing 20,000 pounds of toxic lead-acid batteries with a safer, environmentally friendly and cost-effective...
Urban Electric Power installs the first enterprise-scale rechargeable alkaline battery, to enhance San Diego Supercomputer Center’s resiliency
Patented zinc-alkaline chemistry allows modular energy storage without the cost and fire risks of lithium, at twice the energy density of antiquated lead batteries La Jolla, California, April 18—Urban Electric Power announced today that its rechargeable alkaline...
Incubatenergy Labs 2021 – Zinc Manganese Dioxide Battery for Long-Duration Stationary Energy Storage
Technology Solution Energy storage is a key enabling technology in the electric grid’s ongoing transformation to generate cleanly, be more resilient, and host ubiquitous distributed energy resources. Battery energy storage systems are being deployed to help increase...
Urban Electric Power and Alchemy Industrial partner to bring safer energy storage to homes across the US
Robin Whitlock, 11 March 2022 Urban Electric Power and Alchemy Industrial announced a design and engineering partnership to launch Ohm Core, a residential energy storage system based on rechargeable alkaline batteries that charge seamlessly from the grid. Alchemy will...
Davos Energy Week announces winners of the Startup Pitch Competition
January 21, 2021 Davos, Switzerland, 16.30 CET. Davos Energy Week organizers announced the winners of the Startup Pitch Competition that was part of the agenda of the three-day online conference dedicated to revealing major energy transition business opportunities...
RISE Consortium elevates Defense TechConnect Summit, awards Innovation Challenge winners
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., Oct. 25, 2021 The Defense TechConnect Innovation Summit, sponsored by Advanced Technology International (ATI) and the Resilient Infrastructure + Secure Energy (RISE) Consortium™, concluded Thursday after a week of innovation pitches and awards,...
Urban Electric Power awarded new certification as an environmental battery solution
By Robin Whitlock | February 21, 2022 Urban Electric Power marked National Battery Day on Friday by announcing its latest certification as an environmentally friendly battery solution for homes, businesses, and grid-scale energy storage. Boundless Energy Impact...
Urban Electric Power’s zinc-alkaline batteries win on lower carbon emissions
By Chris Crowell | February 21, 2022 Sooner than you know it, being just a renewable energy source won’t be enough. The sustainability of every product — from the embodied carbon of its manufacture to its end of life recyclability — is becoming more important. That’s...
Urban Electric Power awarded new certification as an environmental battery solution, key to a renewable energy future
Achieves environmental impact score of 9.6 out of 10 from Boundless Energy Impact Research and Analytics Pearl River, New York, Feb. 18, 2022 — Urban Electric Power marked National Battery Day, Friday, Feb. 18, by announcing its latest certification as an...
Hydroxyl Conducting Hydrogels Enable Low-Maintenance Commercially Sized Rechargeable Zn–MnO2 Batteries for Use in Solar Microgrids
January 20th, 2022. Abstract Zinc (Zn)–manganese dioxide (MnO2) rechargeable batteries have attracted research interest because of high specific theoretical capacity as well as being environmentally friendly, intrinsically safe and low-cost. Liquid electrolytes, such...
Volt (ASX: VRC) to supply advanced graphite for Urban Electric Power’s rechargeable alkaline battery
December 21, 2021. Australia's Volt Resources Limited (ASX: VRC) will supply advanced graphite products as Urban Electric Power scales up production of rechargeable alkaline batteries for long-duration power backup, at its factory in Pearl River, New York. According...
The Zinc Advantage
North American Clean Energy | November 08, 2021 Fires and supply chain concerns drive attention to zinc battery chemistries that compete with lithium-ion by Ann Marie Augustus The tendency of lithium-ion batteries to fuel hot-burning, hard-to-extinguish fires made...
Urban Electric Power’s rechargeable alkaline battery passes thermal runaway test
By Chris Crowell | September 28, 2021 Urban Electric Power has a rechargeable alkaline battery (zinc manganese-dioxide) that’s completed a critical UL testing standard for fire safety, confirming a key advantage over lithium-ion batteries which are...
Alternative generator addresses food storage safety
By Kristian Jaime | September 23, 2021. Meanwhile, in Pearl River, NY, Gabriel Cowles, vice president of Commercial Strategy and Finance for Urban Electric Power and his staff have developed a viable alternative to traditional diesel fuel generators. In the wake of...
Urban Electric Power batteries achieve key fire safety certification
By Tim Sylvia| September 14, 2021 After heating a zinc manganese-dioxide cell from Urban Electric Power to over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, testing agents concluded that “thermal runaway was not achieved.” Urban Electric Power, the energy storage startup utilizing a...
Startup Sunday: Alkaline battery tech eyed for large-scale storage
By Ryan Kennedy | September 19, 2021 AA battery tech aims for scale Urban Electric Power (UEP) moved closer to scaling-up as it recently passed a critical heat and fire test for its zinc-manganese dioxide batteries. The battery chemistry takes advantage of already...
Urban Electric Power’s alkaline battery completes thermal runaway testing – Solar Power World
By Kelly Pickerel | September 14, 2021 Energy storage company Urban Electric Power has announced its alkaline battery has completed UL 9540A tests related to thermal runaway. An independent testi ng lab reported that “thermal runaway was not achieved” by UEP’s zinc...
Urban Electric Power’s Rechargeable Alkaline Battery Completes UL Testing for Fire Safety, Confirming Advantage Over Lithium-ion
North American Clean Energy, 13 September, 2021. On the eve of The Battery Show this week in Michigan, Urban Electric Power announced that its rechargeable alkaline battery has completed a critical UL testing standard for fire safety, confirming a key advantage over...
Tesla Megapack On Fire! Nonflammable Battery Chemistries Can Save The Day – Darcy Partners
Juan Corrado, Darcy Partner Last Thursday, at one of our Darcy Live Events we discussed New Battery Chemistries, alternatives to Li-ion batteries - cheaper and safer solutions. Despite Li-ion batteries' high energy density and declining costs in the past...