Energy Storage

IDTechEx has previously interviewed XING Mobility at the end of 2019. Recently they have announced partnerships with Castrol and HKS. IDTechEx carried out another interview to learn more about these partnerships and how the company has faired with COVID-19.

For many people looking at the hydrogen concept it might appear a crazy idea which might never happen, or the promising El Dorado which will solve most of the problems linked to pollution. The reality is in the middle.

H2SITE is a Spanish start-up, spin-off of the private research centre TECNALIA and the Technological University of Eindhoven-TUE, which has developed a chemical reactor, able to produce and separate hydrogen from different chemicals.

The 36 MW solar farm and a 7.5 MW battery-energy storage system will tangibly reduce CO2 emissions of existing diesel power station.

Why should people buy a hydrogen car, if they will barely opt for an electric one?

Ballard Power Systems announced the formation of a strategic alliance for the co-development and sale of fuel cell powertrains and components for class 1 and 2 vehicles, weighing up to 5-tons, initially in North America and Europe.

Thin Film Electronics ASA is a publicly listed company (OSE/OTCQX) in Norway with corporate headquarters in Oslo and global headquarters in San Jose, California. The company used to work on flexible electronic products such as NFC-based tags and now it focuses on thin-film solid-state batteries.

The BMW Group is launching production of battery components at its plants in Leipzig and Regensburg and expanding its e-drive production network. It has been less than a year since the decision was made to expand production capacity for e-drives in Germany.

Nanocyl is one of the longest running MWCNT producers. IDTechEx caught up with Carla Sottili (polymers business unit manager).

NTherma produce high aspect ratio multi-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene (nanoplatelets and nanoribbons). IDTechEx spoke with Dr Cattien Nguyen (President and CEO) and Thuy Ngo (VP Business Development)

Edelaysen's grid is served by run-of-river hydropower that varies daily and seasonally. This resource requires the company to operate supplemental diesel generators throughout the year to compensate when customer demand exceeds hydro output. With Chile implementing cleaner forms of generation and aiming to dramatically reduce CO2 emissions across the country, a sustainable alternative to continuous diesel dependence in their operating area was essential.

Brisbane-based Graphene Manufacturing Group will manufacture battery prototypes for watches, phones, laptops, electric vehicles and grid storage under a research agreement with scientists from UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.

Patents can provide useful insight into innovation trends within a certain technology area, with a patent landscape providing information on the following as somewhat of proxy for innovation and activity in a market. This article analyzes the Li-ion cathode patent landscape.

Hybrid electric new aircraft are rare and programs to develop them promise up to three times the range of today's battery aircraft. However, many battery aircraft developers promise to match the launches of hybrid aircraft of various sizes with battery electric ones of similar range on the day.

InoBat Auto has today announced a landmark agreement with SOR, one of the largest producers of city and intercity-buses in Central Europe, with the intention to design, develop and supply batteries for a new urban, intercity and long-distance electric bus fleet.

Aggreko has delivered a smart battery storage system to Argonne National Laboratory. The solution will expand high power charging for electric vehicles at the organisation's Smart Energy Plaza near Chicago, Illinois, USA.

CO2-derived fuels could play an important role in hard-to-decarbonize industries, such as aviation and shipping, where battery technology faces major technical challenges.

This premium article gives an overview of the current state of the Li-ion recycling market.

The global aviation sector, estimated to account for around 2 to 3 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, is under increasing pressure to decarbonize, but faces significant financial headwinds in the immediate term from the devastation wrought by COVID-19.

There are significant research efforts aiming to boost the effectiveness of CO2 capturing technology and facilitate deployment of what could be a vital technology in the fight against climate change.