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For Earth Day, SDSC Greens Up Its Batteries

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...

The Zinc Advantage

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...

Alternative generator addresses food storage safety

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

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

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...

Battery storage back to the basics – pv magazine

Battery storage back to the basics – pv magazine

Urban Electric Power’s long-term storage solution takes battery storage back to the basics   Using a modified version of the same technology used in AA batteries, Urban Electric Power was accepted into EPRI’s Incubatenergy Labs program to prove their technology’s...

EPRI – Incubatenergy Labs 2021

EPRI – Incubatenergy Labs 2021

Urban Electric Power only energy storage company named to list of 20 startups the electric utility industry will mentor this year.   Its patented rechargeable alkaline battery offers modular energy storage without lithium or its fire risks, at twice the energy...

Residential Backup

Residential Backup

Urban Electric Power installed a 56kWh battery backup system in the home of a client in Redding, CT.

International Zinc Association.

International Zinc Association.

International Zinc Association Launches Zinc Battery Initiative   Recent extreme weather events, amplified by climate change, have once again focused attention on the future role of fossil fuels and the capacity and resilience of energy grids worldwide. One of...

Grid Tied Solar System

Grid Tied Solar System

Urban Electric Power designed and installed a 120kWh grid-tied solar system in Mumbai, India.

High Tech Battery Company Pivots, Partially, To Hand Sanitizer.

High Tech Battery Company Pivots, Partially, To Hand Sanitizer.

Gelling Agent Used In UEP’s Battery R&D Gave Company A Strategic Edge   You know those ‘aha’ moments, those jot the thought down on the paper napkin moments because there might just be something there? That’s exactly what happened at Urban Electric Power, a...

Data Center Back Up

Data Center Back Up

Urban Electric Power installed a 112kWh battery backup system at a commercial office in Norwalk, CT.

The Science of U.S. Energy

The Science of U.S. Energy

A Q&A with Secretary Ernest J. Moniz   When extreme weather such as Hurricane Sandy hits, energy infrastructure is often the first thing to fail. In a world that must adapt to climate change, building resilience into such infrastructure may prove key. That,...