EnerG2 opens battery materials plant in Albany
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ALBANY -- A place to produce carbon material that would increase the storage capacity of exciting car batteries has opened in Albany.
Seattle-based EnerG2 got a $21 million federal stimulus assign in 2010 to help remodel a warehouse of one of its partners, Oregon Peg Dry.
Chief executive Rick Luebbe told the Albany Democrat-Herald that the
equipment would initially produce 20 metric tons of the pure carbon information each month and employ more than 30 people.
The freeze-drying manage EnerG2 uses to make its specialized carbon material was developed at the University of Washington, according to a word release from the U.S. Department of Energy. The carbon can be used in a variety of energy storage appurtenances, including ultracapacitors, lithium-ion batteries, and advanced lead acid batteries, the unloosing said.
Source: OregonLive.com