GS Yuasa Corporation (GYC) (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6674) announced today that it has surpassed 2.0 MWh of lithium-ion energy storage orbited and is projecting to nearly double that figure by the end of 2017. By the end of 2015 GS Yuasa will have over 2.3MWh of lithium-ion energy storage on
A lithium-ion battery system manufactured and sold by GS Yuasa Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6674; “GS Yuasa”) has been adopted by Nippon Sharyo Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 7102; “Nippon Sharyo”) for its new-generation electric powered carrier NeGEM that was released in July 2014 as the first of its type in
GS Yuasa (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6674) announced today that its lithium-ion battery system has been installed at testing facilities in Iki City, Nagasaki Prefecture designed to study the optimal methods to use storage batteries to control power system frequency fluctuation on remote islands. The system was constructed by Mitsubishi Electric
GS Yuasa Lithium Power, Inc. (GYLP) announced today that its batteries provided electrical power to Orbital Sciences Corporation’s (NYSE: ORB) Cygnus™ cargo logistics spacecraft on its maiden voyage the International Space Station. GYLP’s battery, built in Roswell Georgia, uses high energy density LSE190 lithium ion cells to provide power to
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
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
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).
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
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
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