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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’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.
Roswell, GA – GS Yuasa Lithium Power, Inc. (GYLP) announced today that it has been awarded a follow-on order by Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) to deliver batteries to be used aboard the Cygnus™ cargo logistics spacecraft supporting NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program for the International Space Station. The order from Orbital is for […]
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 […]