Energy Storage

Designing the best molecular building blocks for battery components is like trying to create a recipe for a new kind of cake, when you have billions of potential ingredients. The challenge involves determining which ingredients work best together — or, more simply, produce an edible (or, in the case of batteries, a safe) product.

Qnovo develops intelligent battery management software solutions that enable fast charging without damaging the cycle life of the batteries.

The plug-in electric vehicle market is set for significant growth over the next 10 years and beyond. This is not limited to just passenger cars, but extends to all transportation including two-wheelers, light commercial vehicles, agriculture equipment, and beyond. IDTechEx will be delivering a bespoke forum on these topics on the 3rd and 4th of December in Stuttgart, Germany.

Engineered Fluids are a Texas based company that sell single-phase immersion coolants, their AmpCool product range is specifically tailored for several components within electric vehicles including the batteries and motors.

XO-NANO Smartfoam produce several additives for foams which enable sensing technologies or enhanced thermal properties. XO-NANO are a small company but with some key partnerships and rapidly increasing sales are hoping to grow in the coming years.

Zimbabwe is currently experiencing up to 18 hours of load-shedding daily so Ngonyezi Projects pumped hydroelectric energy storage power plant at Osborne dam will contribute to the reduction of the hours of load-shedding.

Harmony Energy has secured planning permission for a second 49.5MW battery energy storage system at Creyke Beck substation in Cottingham, near Hull.

Ampcera research and manufacture various solid-state electrolytes. IDTechEx analyst, Dr Alex Holland, spoke with Ampcera CEO Sumin Zhu and CTO Hui Da, at the IDTechEx Show USA, 2019.

Nanoramic are a company specialising in nanocarbon materials and solutions for Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors. IDTechEx analyst, Dr Alex Holland, spoke with Nanoramic VP of Business Development, Mitch Koffel, at the IDTechEx Show USA, 2019.

Solvay Specialty Polymers produce over 1500 products across 35 brands of high-performance polymers. In addition to providing for a large range of applications, Solvay have products that have the potential to be used in electric vehicles, a market that they are very interested about getting involved with.

Researchers have reported a new device that can both efficiently capture solar energy and store it until it is needed, offering promise for applications ranging from power generation to distillation and desalination.

NeoGraf Solutions are a company which has existed under many names since 1881, now NeoGraf use that history and knowledge to create a range of graphite based products for use in thermal management, below the profile is focused towards their thermal management products for Li-ion batteries.

The next steps involve shipment of high purity recycled material back to the tier-one companies for analysis and confidential technical discussion regarding the recycling process.

Sugino Machine Limited is a company that produces high-pressure jet cleaning equipment, ultrahigh-pressure water cutting equipment, equipment for the inspection and maintenance of nuclear power plants, and wet/dry atomization equipment. At the IDTechEx Show 2019 in Santa Clara, Technology Analyst Dr Michael Dent spoke with Motohide Ho, Engineer at Sugino.

Resodyn Acoustic Mixers produce acoustic mixers, i.e. machines that mix components together using acoustic energy. At the IDTechEx Show 2019 in Santa Clara, Technology Analyst Dr Michael Dent spoke with Dwynn Nyquist, Senior Sales Manager at Resodyn Acoustic Mixers.

XING Mobility are paving the way in specialised electric powertrain applications.

The IDTechEx Business Insight Forums on Energy Storage and Electric Vehicles are just a few weeks away in Stuttgart, Germany on 3rd & 4th December 2019

South Australian electricity consumers will have more secure and affordable power with the State's Big Battery set to grow in size by 50% to help reduce household power bills and provide security services that were lost with the closure of the Northern Power Station.

The BMW Group is forging ahead with electromobility and deepening its existing business relationships with battery cell manufacturers CATL and Samsung SDI.