$8 million for battery projects awarded to GE, RPI, SUNY
TROY -- The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is awarding $8 million to support 19 cutting-edge energy storage projects.
The awards are going to companies and universities involved in advanced research and development of energy storage applications for transportation, utility Smart Grid projects, renewable energy technologies, and other industries.
The awards were announced Wednesday at a meeting of the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology, known as NY-BEST. The consortium was created by Governor Paterson to support New York's energy storage industry.
Recipients include General Electric in Schenectady, Ultralife in Wayne County, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, Ioxus in Oneonta, SUNY Albany, Cornell and other companies and universities.
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