Energy Storage

CPI is part of a project focused on next generation battery and sensor work. Operating alongside partners on the BatterySense programme, CPI is supporting work to reduce the size of existing wireless sensing form factors by exploiting additive manufacture. This allows for the intimate integration of batteries into the substrates of ultrathin label-like sensors fabricated by roll-to-roll processes.

The cost of renewable energy has been steadily decreasing, but the big question has always been how to store it for future use.

UK Research and Innovation will contribute c.£10 million to support the £41 million Energy Superhub Oxford project, which will showcase cutting-edge electric vehicle charging, energy storage systems, and low carbon heating, plus smart energy management technologies to support Oxford City Council's journey to zero carbon.

With excellent bus designs, Tata Motors is now participating in tender bids for all state transport corporations in India. Things are moving fast in the electric bus market, as appraised by IDTechEx in their new report 'Electric Buses 2019 - 2029'.

Thermal energy could hold the key to cheaper, more sustainable electricity; with South Australian company CCT Energy Storage unveiling what they say is the world's first working thermal battery today.

Florida Power & Light Company announced a plan to build the world's largest solar-powered battery system - four times the capacity of the largest battery system in operation - as part of an innovative modernization plan that will accelerate the retirement of two fossil fuel generation units.

GE's Power Conversion business and Nedstack, a leading fuel cell manufacturer, are collaborating on developing hydrogen fuel cell systems for powering zero-emission cruise vessels.

IDTechEx will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday 18 April 2019 titled Electric Vehicles: Huge Energy Storage Opportunities in Buses and Trucks.

Researchers around the globe have been on a quest for batteries that pack a punch but are smaller and lighter than today's versions, potentially enabling electric cars to travel further or portable electronics to run for longer without recharging.

Scientists have identified 530,000 sites worldwide suitable for pumped-hydro energy storage, with storage potential of about 22 million Gigawatt-hours by using geographic information system analysis. This is about one hundred times greater than required to support a 100% global renewable electricity system.