Full profile interview
17 Mar 2023

Saft: Specialty Battery Packs
Saft is a worldwide battery company founded in France in 1918 and acquired by Total Energies in 2016. Saft makes specialty high performance battery cells and packs for military applications, motor sports, marine, rail and has a long history in batteries for space applications.
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1 Feb 2023

Gigafactories - Can Europe and US Catch Up to China?
Given the rapid increase in forecast demand for Li-ion batteries, there has been significant growth in the number of gigafactories being planned and announced over the past 2-3 years. IDTechEx analysis shows that current plans and announcements for new cell production capacity will reach 3 TWh by 2030.
Full profile interview
29 Nov 2022

AceOn Group
The AceOn Group specializes in the design and assembly of custom-built battery packs and the distribution of industrial and consumer batteries to the UK and worldwide market.
Full profile interview
6 Oct 2022

MaterialsZone
Materials Zone describes itself as "the materials informatics platform". It provides a platform and flows to go from raw material data to visualization and insight. IDTechEx spoke to Amir Barnea, VP of Business Development.
External press release
31 Aug 2022

Saft Powers Transition of Small Italian Islands to Renewable Energy
Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has installed seven maintenance-free Flex'ion lithium-ion battery systems supporting a microgrid with solar plants on the Italian island of Favignana (Sicily). These systems are expected to be fully operational by end 2022.
12 May 2022

Energy Storage System for Côte d'Ivoire's First Solar Plant
Côte d'Ivoire had an installed electricity production capacity of 2229 MW in 2019 and is expected to double its production by 2030. Electricity supply is currently largely provided by thermal energy and hydroelectric dams. The government aims to make the country the energy hub of West Africa by 2030 with an energy mix of 42 percent renewables.
Update interview
3 Mar 2022

NAWA Technologies
NAWA Technologies produce vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs). IDTechEx spoke with Dr Pascal Boulanger (CTO and Founder).
11 Sep 2020

The Importance of Li-ion Recycling and What Will Drive It?
Despite the impact of Covid-19, substantial volumes of Li-ion batteries will soon be reaching their end-of-life. IDTechEx highlight the importance of Li-ion recycling and discuss what will drive growth in the market.
Full profile interview
21 Aug 2020

NAWA Technologies
NAWA Technologies produce vertically aligned CNTs for energy storage and other applications. IDTechEx spoke with Dr Pascal Boulanger (CTO and Founder).
23 Jul 2020

ML Approaches Will Be Ubiquitous For Chemicals & Materials R&D
In the future, all materials scientists and chemists will have access to machine learning tools to enhance their R&D. Seamlessly integrating these underlying operations will not happen quickly, but overlooking the developments in materials informatics will lead to a loss of any competitive advantage.
29 May 2020

First Full Electric Aircraft Refueller Transporter
Gaussin and Total are jointly developing the world's first full electric aircraft refuelled transporter. Planned for the Airbus industrial site in Toulouse, this prototype will be capable of towing two fuel tankers, with a fuel capacity of 30 tons each. Delivery is expected at the end of 2020.
Full profile interview
17 Apr 2020

MaterialsZone
MaterialsZone are a platform technology for connected research data. IDTechEx interviewed their Co-founder and CTO Barak Sela.
23 Mar 2020

Total to Build Largest Battery-based Energy Storage Project in France
With a storage capacity of 25 megawatt hours and output of 25 MW of power, the new lithium-ion energy storage system will be the largest in France. It will be used to provide fast reserve services to support the stability of the French power grid. It is part of government policy to support the development of electrical capacity through capacity mechanisms.
3 Feb 2020

Pilot Plant to Manufacture European Batteries for Electric Vehicles
Total, through its affiliate Saft, and PSA with Opel, are announcing their plan to combine their know-how to develop EV battery manufacturing activity in Europe. To that end, the partners intend to establish a joint venture named Automotive Cell Company.
3 Dec 2019

Largest Lithium-Ion Energy Storage System in Nordic Countries
Saft has won an order for three Intensium Max 20 High Energy containers from TuuliWatti, the Finnish wind developer and operator.
Full profile interview: Partners
23 Jul 2019

Corvus Energy
The main cell supplier for Corvus Energy. LG Chem's NMC pouch cell is the foundation of Corvus' Orca Energy product -- they are the only battery maker producing this type of cell, which gives them leverage over Corvus.
Full profile interview: SWOT
30 Jan 2018

Corvus Energy
battery modules are outsourced, and the IP surrounds designs above the cell level.
17 Oct 2017

Launch of European battery alliance
Battery alliance announced in Brussels aims to expedite European battery cell manufacturing.