Inside this Issue
Features
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The Changing Landscape of Battery Storage
Robert Magyar, VARTA Storage GmbH
In the last several years, there has been tremendous media attention surrounding the potential for battery storage to play a
significantly larger role within the public electricity grids both at
the utility level and within the market-side ownership of Distributed Energy Resources. Much like 10 to 12 years ago, when the
photovoltaic (PV) solar market was beginning to mainstream,
today's view of the battery storage market often appears complex and confusing.
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A Review of America's First Step Towards the Harmonization of Portable
Battery Standards: UL 62133
John C. Copeland, VP/COO * Energy Assurance LLC
Although not widely publicized, Underwriter's Laboratories (UL) released a new battery standard applicable to rechargeable lithium cells and battery packs in early January
2015. This standard, UL 62133 (Revision 1), takes its place
among other country-specific versions of the IEC 62133 international standard that has been in active use for global
battery approvals for many years.
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Latent Heat Storage Based Thermal Management Materials
For Lithium-Ion Batteries
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Energy Density Comparison of Silver-Zinc Button Cells with
Rechargeable Li-Ion and Li-Polymer Coin and Miniature Prismatic Cells
New Products
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Batteries
ICs & Semiconductors
Charging
Components
Research & Development
Industry News
Calendar of Events
Marketplace
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Battery Power - Winter 2015