Energy Storage

Sila Nanotechnologies are a US based start-up developing drop-in silicon anode material for Li-ion batteries.

Thursday 25 March 2021 - By 2026, demand for sustainable aviation fuels could reach over 3.5 billion litres. This webinar will introduce key areas including: Renewable diesel growth; Sustainable aviation fuel; and Electro-fuel production technologies and players

Nanoengineers have developed a "wearable microgrid" that harvests and stores energy from the human body to power small electronics. It consists of three main parts: sweat-powered biofuel cells, motion-powered devices called triboelectric generators, and energy-storing supercapacitors. All parts are flexible, washable and can be screen printed onto clothing.

Thursday 18 March 2021 - New Opportunities Emerge for the Aerogel Market. The status of the silica aerogel market; Overview of key manufacturers capacity and product benchmarking; Assessment on the rise of Chinese manufacturers; Patent developments; and much more.

IDTechEx compares and contrasts learnings from first-hand interviews with Akasol, Leclanché, LithiumWerks, Foresee Power and more key battery suppliers emerging in the commercial and heavy-duty electric vehicle space.

Wärtsilä's flexible floating barge-mounted energy storage system will aid a Philippine operator in meeting grid requirements.

All technologies can be printed, and when they are assembled, they can create self-powered signage, functional packaging or device solutions.

A new fabrication technique could allow solid-state automotive lithium-ion batteries to adopt nonflammable ceramic electrolytes using the same production processes as in batteries made with conventional liquid electrolytes.

Textile Testing & Innovation have developed phase change materials for various applications. The interview focussed on automotive applications and options for electric vehicles.

Dr James Edmondson interviewed ADA Technologies. ADA develop advanced materials for aerospace and defence applications. The interview focussed on ADA's products for thermal interface and thermal insulation materials.

Voltabox are a German Li-ion module and battery pack manufacturer focussed on industrial electric vehicle segments.

The degradation of Li-ion batteries is a serious issue that greatly limits the useful life of portable electronic devices, indirectly causing huge amounts of pollution and economic losses. In addition to this, the fact that Li-ion batteries are not very durable is a massive roadblock for the market of electric vehicles and renewable energy harvesting.

Production of e-fuels promises a route to effectively limitless, carbon-neutral fuels without the controversy of biofuels around land use, sustainability and competition with food. E-fuels can also be referred to under the umbrella of power-to-X (P2X), X being liquid or gaseous products, including hydrogen, methane, alcohols or drop-in hydrocarbon fuels. However, e-fuels are still at an early stage of development with various routes that can be used for production.

Romeo Power (Romeo Systems) are a US-based Li-ion battery pack manufacturer targeting medium and heavy-duty vehicle segments.

Wave power experts Mocean Energy and energy storage developers EC-OG have joined forces with Chrysaor, Modus, OGTC and Baker Hughes to fund the demonstration of a wave powered renewable energy system for running subsea equipment.

The 34 MW / 68 MWh Contego project near Burgess Hill in West Sussex, United Kingdom, will be one of the largest battery energy storage developments in the UK, with a system of 28 Tesla Megapack lithium-ion batteries, using Tesla's Autobidder AI software for real-time trading and control. Due to be completed in June 2021 and operational soon after, it is part of a strategic energy storage pipeline to be launched globally by FRV.

IDTechEx caught up with Dr John Warner, chief customer officer at American Battery Solutions , a US-based Li-ion module and pack manufacturer.

Invinity is an American Vanadium redox flow battery companies, born from the merging of two well-known vanadium flow batteries companies: Avalon battery and Redt

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies are likely to play a key role in the fight against climate change, with the UN estimating that CCUS could mitigate between 1.5 and 6.3 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalents per year by 2050. The world has already taken its steps along this pathway, however, for CCUS to have a meaningful impact on emissions in a timely manner, it will need to scale up hundreds of times compared with today's levels.

The project will develop an energy efficient, all in one, solar powered PC, which can be assembled locally. Once the pilot project is complete, the company aims to provide computer access to over 10,000 students in Madagascar every year.