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Ancient Inventions - Describes the history and operation of the Baghdad Battery - (about 250 Before Common Era).
Battery Education - discusses battery technology, uses, and technical elements, with a focus on iPods.
Battery (electricity) - reader-changeable article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Battery FAQ - Gel versus Sealed Lead-Acid (SLA), deep cycles, ratings.
Battery Knowledge Menu - Battery construction and operation topics from Engineers Edge.
Battery Review - tested small (AA) rechargeable batteries and chargers in a controlled environment.
Battery Technology Comparison - Rechargeable. Compares AA cells, a few larger batteries, and supercapacitors.
Battery Tips - Battery care and disposal information. FAQs, advertisements.
Battery University - Analyzer and charger maker offers web version of book about batteries and how to charge them.
Chino Battery Energy Storage Power Plant - Engineer-of-record report. Energy Citations Database entry describes the largest battery in the world. Abstract of 653 page document.
Clean Battery Technologies - Theory, research and development, and market-ready energy storage devices that improve the trend toward clean, renewable energy.
EuroPositron - Start-up preparing to make aluminum batteries for electric vehicles. "Techniques Compared" graphs characters of different battery types.
Europositron Rechargeable Aluminum Batteries - Wiki-style entry at PureEnergySystems site.
High Capacity Electrical Storage & Power Conditioning Units - outlines Plurions Cerium Zinc flow battery.
How Stuff Works: Battery - Illustrated explanation of battery function, types, and chemistry; related links. Good basic introduction to how batteries work.
Hydrogen as a Secondary Fuel - Large color photograph of the Hindenberg burning, with lecture notes on Hydrogen for Fuel Cells. Large Print, with an e-mail contact
INL: Advanced Energy Storage Publications - Publications on battery and capacitor technologies for vehicles from the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
Integrated Publishing - Collection of US Army documents related to the maintenance and operation of batteries and related equipment.
Lead Acid Battery Technology Comparison - Examines the differences between absorbed glass mat, gel, and flooded lead acid batteries in deep-cycle (marine, and RV) applications.
Magnesium battery patents - Compares Aurbach and Matsushita designs.
Materials for Large Size Batteries and Fuel Cells - Page sells report which examines technologies and profiles companies involved. Forecasts markets.
Multimode Battery Energy Storage System For Custom Power Applications - Four-page technical paper on system at Salt River Project. 200kW x 45 minutes. PDF
Premium Power Corporation - Energy and Power Storage Solutions, makes flow batteries for storage and power quality assurance.
Telepower Australia Commercialisation Page - Outside SEI in Japan, Telepower Australia has more experience and technical know-how with VRB than anyone else. Link to bibliography.
Tips to Extend Your Lithium Battery Life
Utility Scale Batteries - PESWiki entry from Pure Energy Systems. Includes ideas from readers.
Why do large battery packs fail early? - Resources for Design. Explains problems in batteries with many cells.

Stanford's nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones - Page describes improvement to widely used cell type. (December 18, 2007)
Breakthrough battery for electric cars? - Toshiba claims new (Lithium Ion) battery can be recharged to 90 percent capacity in under five minutes. (December 13, 2007)
Modified Electric Scooters - Lithium manganese batteries rock! Post and responders compare several cell types in practical applications. (May 3, 2007)
AEP'S Appalachian Power Unit to Install First U.S. Use of Commercial-Scale Energy Storage Technology - PRNewswire (September 19, 2005)
Powerful lithium battery - More powerful, longer-lasting lithium batteries on the horizon with Sandia-developed materials breakthrough. Silicon and graphite: a materials match made in battery heaven. (March 6, 2003)
Battery breakthroughs take wireless apps to new level - Compares emerging litium-ion technologies, and direct methanol fuel cells, for cell phones and laptops. (February 15, 2003)
Sodium Sulfur and Lithium-Metal-Polymer Batteries Show Commercial Promise - cites 100kW x 7 hr AEP system EERE: News (October 3, 2002)
AEP Dedicates First U.S. use of Stationary Sodium Sulfur Battery (September 23, 2002)
Ovonic NiMH battery at EVS-17 - 3,000 miles on $60 of electricity (October 18, 2000)

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