Energy Storage

This premium article explores electric vehicle battery cooling methods, including, air, liquid, refrigerant, and immersion cooling. It will look at the methods used by key market players and different cooling strategies in various regions.

Enovix are a US battery manufacturer who have developed a cell design that enables 100% silicon anodes.

Is Graphene Green? This question comes up an increasing amount. Green drivers and ESG investments are an obvious focus across the supply chain, but where does graphene fit into this discussion? IDTechEx explore the answer in this article.

Green City Ferries is a supplier of battery electric and fuel cell vessels along with charging facilities and financing. Its most recent project is Beluga24, a 25-meter electric high-speed catamaran.

Innovation roadmap for the report 'Fire Protection Materials for Electric Vehicle Batteries 2023-2033'.

Innovation roadmap for the report 'Fire Protection Materials for Electric Vehicle Batteries 2023-2033'.

Due to the labor shortage and decreasing costs of hardware, using robots to serve people has gained significant momentum over the past decade, with Tesla unveiling their humanoid robot "Optimus" at the electric vehicle maker's "AI Day" event last week.

In line with Barbados' ambitious targets of 100% renewable energy and carbon neutrality by 2030, IFC and IDB Invest are working with Hydrogène de France and Rubis to support the development of Renewstable Barbados, a 50 MW solar generation facility with green hydrogen and lithium-ion battery storage that will provide firm and clean electricity to the Barbadian grid.

AFC Energy provides an update on the status of the Company's fuel cell field deployment in Spain with partner, Construcción Acciona.

FREYR Battery has entered into an agreement with HENT AS. HENT will be responsible for the planning, project management and construction of FREYR's 120,000 square-meter battery factory building including facilities and infrastructure in Mo i Rana, Norway, known as Giga Arctic.

Our Next Energy are a US start-up developing advanced battery technology for electric vehicles. IDTechEx spoke with them (Samuel Haberl, Technical Product Manager) at the Battery Show North America 2022.

This premium article looks into immersion cooling for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, exploring key market players, factors determining immersion fluid choices, SWOT analysis, and more.

The 100 MW Dalian Flow Battery Energy Storage Peak-shaving Power Station, with the largest power and capacity in the world so far, was connected to the grid in Dalian, China and it will be put into operation in mid-October. As the first national, large-scale chemical energy storage demonstration project approved, it will eventually produce 200 megawatts (MW)/800 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity.

Monolith is a developer of plasma pyrolysis technology, producing low-carbon hydrogen and carbon black from natural gas.

At a recent webinar (28/09/22), UL Solutions presented its methods for testing the thermal runaway and fire safety of battery enclosure materials. These include the Torch and Grit (TaG) test and the Battery Enclosure Thermal Runaway (BETR) test that has been in use for the past several months.

6K, a leader in the sustainable production of engineered materials for lithium-ion batteries and additive manufacturing produced from its UniMelt plasma technology, announced that its 6K Energy division has signed a joint development agreement with Our Next Energy to develop and produce the critical battery material that ONE will use in their Gemini and Aries battery platforms.

International law firm CMS has closed five significant battery storage deals in recent months, reinforcing the firm's position in this space.

Maxell Ltd has succeeded in increasing the energy density of a ceramic packaged all-solid-state battery using a sulfide based solid electrolyte, resulting in a newly developed and commercialized ceramic packaged all-solid-state battery that has approximately twice the energy density of its predecessor.

IDTechEx attended the Battery Show and Electric Vehicle Expo North America 2022 that ran from 12th-16th September 2022. It is one of the largest battery-related conferences worldwide with a focus on electric vehicle applications and technologies. This premium article is the second of two articles covering key learnings from the conference and exhibition. Part 1 gives an overview of key conference themes (sustainability and security of supply) and cell level developments (solid-state and lithium metal, silicon, lithium-sulphur). Part 2 will focus on materials for battery packs and other advanced material developments.

IDTechEx attended the Battery Show and Electric Vehicle Expo North America 2022 that ran from 12th-16th September 2022. It is one of the largest battery-related conferences worldwide with a focus on electric vehicle applications and technologies. This premium article is the first of two articles covering key learnings from the conference and exhibition. Part 1 will give an overview of key conference themes (sustainability and security of supply) and cell level developments (solid-state and lithium metal, silicon, lithium-sulphur). Part 2 will focus on materials for battery packs and other advanced material developments.