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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...
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
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...