Energy Storage

8 Rivers is a US-based large-scale clean energy and climate technology equipment and solutions provider. IDTechEx Technology Analyst Eve Pope spoke with VP of Business Development, Nick Borisow, at the Carbon Capture Technology Expo North America 2024.

Thursday 8 August 2024 - Flexible Batteries: Differentiation of Technologies and Application Market Analysis. This webinar will first examine the different flexible battery technologies, then move onto an analysis of flexible battery application markets.

Q Power Oy is a Finnish start-up developing and commercializing its biocatalytic methanation technology for the production of e-methane.

Vacuum Engineering Services (VES) designs and manufactures leak testing solutions for production environments of several industries.

Geo2Watts™ is developing a thermal energy storage (TES) technology, named the Borehole Battery™, designed for long duration energy storage (LDES) applications.

FLEXOO is a spin-off of InnovationLab GmbH, which specialises in the development and manufacture of printed electronics solutions. FLEXOO designs and manufactures printed pressure and temperature sensors for battery health monitoring solutions, in addition to providing accompanying readout electronics. IDTechEx caught up with Head of Business Development, Florian Ullrich, at LOPEC 2024 in Munich, Germany.

AFC Energy is a UK-based alkaline fuel cell (AFC) manufacturer, supplying transportable, stationary fuel cells for on-site power generation. IDTechEx spoke to Michael Sheffield, the Commercial Director at AFC Energy.

Samsung SDI is a leading manufacturer of Li-ion cells and batteries as well as of materials for screen displays.

Fraunhofer IKTS has developed its CFY stack technology, which can be operated reversibly in solid oxide electrolyzer (SOEC) or fuel cell (SOFC) mode. The institute has formed a partnership with thyssenkrupp nucera, a large electrolyzer OEM, to commercialize and mass produce the technology.

LG Energy Solution Vertech (LG ES Vertech) was formed through the acquisition of NEC Energy Solutions by LG ES in 2022. The company acts as a BESS integrator.

Buses are increasingly turning electric to meet carbon emissions targets. Although battery electric sales are growing rapidly, fuel cell electric buses have struggled to grow at the same rate. This premium article assesses the reasons why and explores what opportunities remain for fuel cell buses.

CATL is the leading manufacturer of Li-ion batteries globally. The company also supplies BESS and launched its 6.25 MWh "zero-degradation" BESS in 2024.

This premium article focuses on immersion cooling for electric vehicles and players and partnerships in the field.

Electrification is tough. It has taken around 15 years to convince car owners that battery power is a viable alternative to their fossil fuel comfort blanket. In the construction, agriculture, and mining industries, electrification is an even steeper uphill battle. In these industries, if a machine runs out of battery, the operators will soon start losing money.

Gridwiz is a South Korean distributed energy resources (DER) renewables company that provides a range of energy solutions including EV charging. IDTechEx spoke to Gridwiz to find out more about its activities.

Narada Power (Narada) is based in China and is a battery cell manufacturer and BESS developer, supplier, and integrator. Narada offers grid-scale and commercial & industrial (C&I) scale BESS, as well as Li-ion batteries for base stations and data centers for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) applications.

Evove has developed membrane technologies that can harvest critical minerals (e.g. lithium from brine) and decarbonize desalination and the processing, treatment and recycling of liquids. Its products cover a range of markets including lithium, green hydrogen, desalination, food & beverage and water & wastewater. IDTechEx spoke to Andrew Walker, the Chief Commercial Officer at Evove, and this profile is based on the interview in April 2024.

BYD Energy Storage System is independently developed by the Chinese company BYD, is a key manufacturer of cells for Li-ion BESS, and also acts as a BESS supplier.

Vulcan Energy Resources Limited is a company that co-produces lithium chemicals and renewable energy from geothermal brine.