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Fluidic Energy is a for-profit corporation based in Scottsdale, Arizona that focuses on the development of energy storage solutions, based on its proprietary metal-air battery technology and integrated intelligence. The company is distributing its systems worldwide for peak shaving applications and has strong ties throughout the US, Latin America and Asia, especially in Indonesia. Supporting the speculation of Fluidic Energy’s significant “under-the-radar” market traction, in March 2015 the Company signed a deal with Caterpillar. The deal included an equity investment in Fluidic Energy as well as a commercial agreement to collaborate in the microgrid and telecommunications markets.〔http://www.cat.com/en_US/news/engine-press-releases/caterpillar-and-fluidicenergytocollaborateoninnovativemetalairen.html〕 In a DOE produced video presented at the ARPA-e Energy Innovation Summit in March 2013, the company made public for the first time details about the technology and product capabilities, as well as market focus. Maintaining a low profile, the company is selling its systems as a replacement for diesel generators or lead acid batteries in markets where the electricity grid is unreliable. In current applications, Fluidic is claiming significant advantages over traditional batteries. These advantages include longer life, lower costs, higher temperature ranges and deeper depth of discharge capability. It appears the company is the first to integrate intelligence into the cell level of the battery system creating a new standard for the definition of a “smart battery.” 〔 == Financial History == The exact investment made by Caterpillar has not been released as of March 2015. In November 2013, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group announced its $7 million investment into the company. In 2013 the firm also closed a private funding round of $34.5 million, while in 2011 it raised $33.4 million.〔 Prior to that, Fluidic has received funding from both private sources and two grants from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-e) of the United States Department of Energy. Fluidic Energy has received two separate grants through the ARPA-E Office. The first ARPA-e grant of $5,133,150〔(ARPA-E’s 37 Projects Selected From Funding Opportunity Announcement #1 )〕 was led by Arizona State University out of the FOA1 program and was focused on ionic-liquid-based metal-air batteries (MAIL batteries).〔 []〕 The second ARPA-e grant, of $3 million was led by Fluidic out of the GRIDS program and was focused on an Advanced Multi-functional Energy Storage (AMES) system based on Fluidic's metal-air platform. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fluidic Energy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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