A new public-private partnership was announced today between CalCEF and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The goal of this new partnership – dubbed CalCharge – is to create a regional ecosystem to spur innovation in energy storage (battery) technologies. This group will bring together private technology companies, academic institutions, and government resources in California’s Bay Area to help accelerate the timeline from market to bench through technology assistance, workforce training and market education.
According to Venkat Srinivasan, head of Berkeley Lab’s energy storage research program and CalCharge champion:
“There’s a lot of battery know-how in California, specifically the Bay Area, but technology startups need an ecosystem to thrive…The Berkeley Lab battery program, long known for its deep expertise in solving the problems in advanced batteries, is ideally positioned to work with battery companies in the region.”
To read the full, original article click on this link: CalCharge – Building a Battery Innovation Ecosystem | Plugged In, Scientific American Blog Network
