Axion Power International Inc. (AXPW.OB) Awarded $248,650 to Deploy its PowerCube™ Battery Storage System for Smart Grid Technology
Axion Power International Inc. announced today an exciting opportunity to further capitalize on its proprietary lead-carbon PbC® battery technology by developing the Axion PowerCube™ under a $248,650 grant from the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority. The PowerCube system is part of a 500-kilowatt installation to be deployed at Axion's New Castle manufacturing plant. Chief in its design is abundant use of AXPM’s PbC technology featuring tight integration with a Smart Grid electrical system, as well as a solar-powered or wind-powered electrical vehicle charging station. Governor Edward G. Rendell declared that the PowerCube represented exactly the kind of "innovative green energy project”…