Energy Storage

Duesenfeld is a German Li-ion recycling company founded in 2017. IDTechEx spoke to the company at The Battery Recycling Conference & Expo 2024.

IDTechEx attended and exhibited at the Hydrogen Technology Expo North America 2024 at the NRG Center in Houston, TX, USA. This premium article covers Track 4 (Low-Carbon Fuels & Propulsion).

Ceres is a UK-based company, developing solid oxide technologies for a variety of power generation and hydrogen production applications. IDTechEx spoke with Huntly Thomas, Systems Application Lead, and Oliver Postlethwaite, Product Strategy and Applications Director.

URT Umwelt- und Recyclingtechnik GmbH (URT) is a German company specializing in the design and supply of recycling technologies for e-waste and batteries. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Recycling Conference & Expo 2024.

volytica diagnostics is a software as a service (SaaS) company providing battery analytics for in-life battery management system diagnostics and second-life assessment. IDTechEx interviewed Sebastian Stoll, CTO, to discuss the company's use of AI in battery diagnostics.

This premium article examines the limitations of battery electric power in business jets. It looks at the range that might be achievable with electrification and how this compares to a typical use case. Finally, it looks at a concept business jet from a key aviation player.

FuelCell Energy is a US-based fuel cell manufacturing company, with a product portfolio that includes both solid oxide fuel cells and electrolysers, with focus on molten carbonate fuel cells. IDTechEx spoke with Dr Robert Strobl, General Manager of European Operations.

NEU Battery Materials is developing a Li-ion recycling technology, focused on LFP technologies. The company is based in Singapore and was founded in 2021. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Recycling Conference & Expo 2024.

IDTechEx attended and exhibited at the Hydrogen Technology Expo North America 2024 at the NRG Center in Houston, TX, USA. This premium article covers Track 3: Fuel Cell Technology.

Ekosolve Limited has developed a solvent extraction based direct single pass lithium extraction technology for brines. IDTechEx spoke to Phillip Thomas, CEO of Ekosolve Limited, and this profile is based on the interview in September 2024.

Li-ion batteries remain the dominant electrochemical energy storage technology in the global market. Other battery storage technologies, such as redox flow batteries, Na-ion batteries, and metal-air batteries, have continued to remain as emerging technologies with a limited volume of deployments in the last few years.

Nedstack is a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) manufacturing company, based in the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1999 as a spin out of AkzoNobel. It targets applications for its proprietary PEMFC technology within stationary and back-up power and for the maritime industry.

Nickelhütte Aue GmbH performs recycling of non-ferrous metals, transformers, batteries, and the smelting of alloys. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Recycling Conference & Expo 2024.

Huayou Recycling is a business division of Huayou Cobalt (a Li-ion battery material manufacturer). Huayou Recycling, which was established in 2017, focuses on Li-ion battery recycling and second-life batteries and is based in China. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Recycling Conference & Expo 2024.

Shanghai Putailai (also known as Zichen) are Chinese producers of Li-ion graphite anodes, coated separators, PVDF and binders and cell manufacturing equipment.

As global lithium demand increases and regulatory landscapes shift, DLE's (direct lithium extraction) role in the evolving battery supply chain merits closer examination. IDTechEx predicts DLE to disrupt the brine mining market, with a CAGR (compound growth rate) of 19.6%, making it the fastest-growing segment in the industry.

Toshiba Group is a Japan-based multinational technology company, specialising in a range of sectors, including energy, infrastructure, building solutions, retail and printing, electronic devices, digital solutions and batteries. As part of its Energy Systems and Solutions business, Toshiba has developed a hydrogen energy systems segment, specializing in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs).

IDTechEx's report includes details on thin, flexible batteries for micro-power applications, and the gradual move towards sustainable alternatives.

With over 100 million electric vehicles (EVs) expected to reach end-of-life over the next two decades, IDTechEx's latest report predicts that the value of critical materials recovered annually by 2045 will surpass US$100B.