GS Yuasa’s Lithium-ion Battery Chosen for Kinki Sharyo’s “Smart BEST” Battery-powered Railway Vehicle

GS Yuasa’s Lithium-ion Battery Chosen for Kinki Sharyo’s “Smart BEST” Battery-powered Railway Vehicle

GS Yuasa Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6674) announced today that its storage battery railway vehicle drive system using industrial lithium-ion battery module LIM30H-8A has been chosen by The Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 7122) to power its “Smart BEST” self-charging battery-powered trains. GS Yuasa and Kinki Sharyo collaborated on the development of the […]

Japanese lithium-ion battery to be supplied to energy storage system in Chile

Japanese lithium-ion battery to be supplied to energy storage system in Chile

Kyoto, Japan, December 5, 2012 – GS Yuasa International Ltd. (President: Makoto Yoda, Office: Kyoto, Japan) and Mitsubishi Corporation (President: Ken Kobayashi, Office: Tokyo, Japan) are pleased to announce that their lithium-ion battery equipment with a maximum output of 20MW/6.3MWh was selected for a battery energy storage system which will be installed next to the […]

GS Yuasa Li-ion Battery Cells Selected to Power International Space Station

GS Yuasa Li-ion Battery Cells Selected to Power International Space Station

GS Yuasa Li-ion battery cells selected to power International Space Station Roswell, GA, November 29, 2012 – GS Yuasa Lithium Power, Inc. (GYLP) has been awarded a contract by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) to provide lithium ion (Li-ion) battery cells to be used on the International Space Station (ISS).   PWR will integrate GS Yuasa […]

Tobu Railway Installs GS Yuasa’s 1800kW Regenerative Power Storage System

Tobu Railway Installs GS Yuasa’s 1800kW Regenerative Power Storage System

News Release October 4th, 2012 GS Yuasa Corporation ~Lithium-ion storage battery system helps reduce railcar power consumption~ GS Yuasa Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6674) announced today that Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 9001) has installed an 1800kW (360kW x five units) E3 Solution System, a regenerative power storage system that combines a converter […]

GS Yuasa’s 240kWh Lithium-ion Storage Battery System Installed at Hiraizumi Station, Tohoku Line

GS Yuasa’s 240kWh Lithium-ion Storage Battery System Installed at Hiraizumi Station, Tohoku Line

News Release September 13, 2012 GS Yuasa Corporation ~ Full-fledged deployment of large-scale lithium-ion storage battery systems for electricity storage ~ GS Yuasa Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6674) announced today that East Japan Railway Company (“JR East”) has installed a 240kWh-capacity lithium-ion storage battery system (approximately 12.6 kWh x 19 battery units) at Hiraizumi Station […]

GS Yuasa Lithium Ion Battery Cells Power RBSP Satellites

GS Yuasa Lithium Ion Battery Cells Power RBSP Satellites

On August 30, 2012 NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. RBSP is the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore the Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts, a harsh region of energetic particles and radiation where most satellites avoid operation due to risk of damage. Each of the […]

NASA Launches Radiation Belt Storm Probes

NASA Launches Radiation Belt Storm Probes

NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore our planet’s radiation belts, launched into the predawn skies at 4:05 a.m. EDT today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Continue reading here.

JR Freight’s First Mass-produced Hybrid Locomotive with GS Yuasa’s Industrial-use Lithium-ion Battery

JR Freight’s First Mass-produced Hybrid Locomotive with GS Yuasa’s Industrial-use Lithium-ion Battery

GS Yuasa Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6674) announced today that its industrial-use lithium-ion battery module has been installed in Japan Freight Railway Company’s (“JR Freight”) first mass-produced hybrid shunting locomotive, which was launched from the Tokyo Freight Terminal Station in February 2012. Prior to mass production, JR Freight tested GS Yuasa’s lithium-ion battery modules in […]