24M Technologies, Inc.

VRB Energy

VRB Energy is a Canadian-Chinese vertically integrated vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) manufacturer.

Elcogen

Elcogen AS are a manufacturer of solid-oxide fuel cells and electrolyzer cells and stacks based in Estonia and Finland.

FREYR Battery Selects NTE Process as Equipment Supplier

FREYR Battery has awarded an agreement to Italy-based NTE Process to supply a complete and integrated drying and powder handling system for FREYR's planned battery cell Gigafactory in Norway, known as Giga Arctic.

FREYR Battery Opens Technology Resources and Business Unit in Japan

FREYR Battery announced the establishment of a technology resources campus and business unit in Japan. The new business unit is the company's first physical location in Asia and will focus on efforts to facilitate and scale-up FREYR's testing and development of the 24M Technologies battery platform.

FREYR Battery Concludes Raw Material Agreement

FREYR Battery has entered into a reservation agreement with Changzhou Senior New Energy Materials Co Ltd. and Senior Material (Europe) AB to supply battery materials for its Customer Qualification Plant currently under construction in Mo i Rana, Norway, as well as for the company's planned combined Gigafactory 1 & 2.

Candela Secures €24M Investment for Foiling Vessels

The shift to zero emission boats and ships has been hampered by the enormous energy consumption and correspondingly low range of conventional electric boats. Flying on computer-guided underwater wings -- known as hydrofoils -- that reduce energy consumption by 80% compared to conventional planing craft, Candela's vessels soar above the waves in silence with 2-3 times longer endurance than the best conventional electric powerboats.

FREYR Announces Joint Venture with Koch Strategic Platforms

FREYR Battery announced the formation of a joint venture in the United States between Koch Strategic Platforms and FREYR. The JV, which has a 50%/50% ownership structure, has been established to develop an initial 50 GWh of Gigafactory-scale battery cell manufacturing capacity in the U.S. based on 24M Technologies SemiSolid platform technology.

Solaris Bus & Coach

Solaris Bus & Coach, part of the CAF Group, is one of Europe's foremost bus and trolleybus manufacturers. With growing electric bus sales and a developing fuel cell bus business, they are a leading OEM in the European zero-emission bus market. In June 2021 IDTechEx Technology Analyst David Wyatt spoke with Solaris' Mateusz Figaszewski, E-mobility Development and Market Intelligence Director.

Neovolta

Neovolta are a California-based US company who design and manufacture residential battery storage systems.

Form Energy

Form Energy is an American company, which developed an aqueous-air battery. The battery chemistry has not been publicly disclosed. The company concluded a Series C funding in November 2020 of US$76, among the the investors Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures, totalising more than $120m in two years.

Innovate UK Awards ENIAN £500,000 for Renewable Energy Software

ENIAN has this week been awarded a £500,000 Smart Grant by Innovate UK to develop a new cost predicting algorithm set to accelerate the uptake of renewable energy across the country.

6K Energy

IDTechEx spoke with 6K Energy, part of 6K Inc., including with Bruce Bradshaw, Chief Marketing Officer, and Dr Richard Holman, VP Battery Products. 6K have developed plasma technology for synthesising various powders.