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December 3, 2012

DOE Launches Its Battery Manhattan Project

Carl Franzen, Talking Points Memo


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Think of it as a Manhattan Project, except instead of secret nuclear bombs, the end result is much better batteries for devices, electric vehicles and the power grid. That’s at least one of the analogies used by the U.S. Department of Energy on Friday when it announced the launch of a new advanced research “Battery Hub,” to the tune of a $120 million, five-year government grant. . .

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