Energy Storage

JenaBatteries is a spin-off from the University of Jena in Germany. They have developed an aqueous-based redox flow technology with redox-active polymers, called by the company: Metal-free redox flow battery. The technology developed can be classified as Organic Redox Flow Battery (ORFB).

Developed by academics, liquid air energy storage could play a part in helping to crack the global challenge faced by electricity providers of balancing power supply and demand - thanks to a major research project.

Koolen Industries has launched Smart Grid, a new energy storage company that will deliver integrated large-scale energy storage solutions, for its fast-growing international clients. These energy storage solutions will connect multiple batteries using smart software.

The battery is not an off-the-shelf product, but an integral part of the vehicle architecture. The intelligence of the battery lies in a highly complex overall system, which defines the characteristics of the vehicle with respect to performance, range and charging times.

Fluence Energy is a market leader in front-of-meter energy storage. The company is the result of a joint-venture between two industry powerhouses: German engineering giant Siemens and U.S. energy company AES.

Toyota and Panasonic have decided to establish a joint venture specializing in automotive prismatic batteries.

Korid Energy is a South Korean Vanadium Redox Flow Battery producer, owned for 50% by Protean Energy: a vertical Integrated Vanadium producer.

Renewed investments in hydrogen fuel cell technologies and infrastructure by companies like Amazon; nations like China; and automakers like Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai, are sparking sales and fresh interest in the vast possibilities of polymer-electrolyte fuel cells. The fresh interest could revolutionize transportation and fill streets with vehicles whose only effluent is water vapor.

SCHMID Group is a German conglomerate operating in the field of electronics, photovoltaics and energy storage field. For the energy storage field, the company commercialises a containerised vanadium redox flow battery called EverFlow(TM).

SolarEdge is a market leader for photovoltaic inverters and battery inverters. The company was founded in 2006 and grew rapidly to top $100 million in revenues just seven years later in 2013. Its shares began trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange in 2015.

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.

Solid-state lithium batteries are the Holy Grail of energy storage. With potential impacts on everything from personal mobile devices to industrial renewable energy, the difficulties are worth overcoming. The goal: Build a safe and long lived lithium battery. The challenge: Use a solid-state electrolyte and stop short circuiting from the formation and growth of lithium dendrites.

Ynvisible Interactive Inc is pleased to announce the first industrial scale production of an innovative and groundbreaking energy storage technology developed by researchers at Linköping University and the company Ligna Energy AB. Ligna Energy's batteries are printed from residual material from the forest. The first industrial production run was carried out at Ynvisible Production in Linköping, Sweden.

Understanding the future of the Li-ion supply chain requires clarity on the technologies and chemistries that will be used over the coming decade.

219 worked with DuPont to develop a custom-designed drone built with advanced technology.

IDTechEx analysts attended CES 2020 in Las Vegas on 7-10th Jan 2020. The Consumer Electronics Show, organized by the Consumer Technology Association, is the largest electronics event in the world. CES 2020 has attracted over 170,000 in attendance during the four days.

IDTechEx interviewed Energy Square at CES 2020. Rather than contactless power, energy square uses contact pads integrated on surfaces, such as those on the table in the picture, with devices having pins which make contact with the pads and draw power.

One of Australia's largest grid-scale batteries will be built at Wandoan in Queensland under a 15-year agreement between AGL and Vena Energy Australia.

Avalon Battery is an American company manufacturing medium power size vanadium flow battery, for commercial and industrial application.

IDTechEx interviewed Powercast at CES 2020. Powecast use RF for wireless power transfer.