Battery and Energy Storage Technology:
The Rochester Region is home to many members of the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium, established to help position New York as a global leader in energy storage technology for heavy-duty transportation, electric grid, and other applications. Regional companies and universities are involved in a variety of energy storage R&D or commercialization projects.

• Ultralife Corporation is integrating battery and ultracapacitor on a common power circuit serving two renewable-energy generation sources. This will enable increased renewable-energy contributions to the grid. The system can also provide backup electricity during an outage and, during normal operation, allow customers to draw on the stored energy to reduce both their peak electric grid demand and the utility charges associated with peak demand.
• Cerion Enterprises is developing innovative materials for next-generation lithium-ion batteries.
• General Motors is developing materials for improved lithium-ion battery electrodes for automotive applications.
• Rochester Institute of Technology is developing methods to recycle and reuse lithium-ion batteries to minimize waste streams to landfills and maximize reclamation.
• PMD Progressive Machine & Design provides advanced and traditional battery manufacturing, assembly and test systems that include many sophisticated processes.
• Xactiv has developed intellectual property related to the use of nanomaterials in renewable energy systems and has also partnered with the University of Rochester to begin commercialization of these new developments, in areas including lithium-ion batteries and lithium primary batteries.