Energy Storage

The battery industry has experienced enormous innovation and investment with the demand mainly from electric vehicles and energy storage systems. The 1,500 GWh market demand in 2030 indicates huge potential for batteries.

German company developing very high energy storage systems (1-8 GW, 6-24h storage), based on underground - gravitation energy storage.

Lithium-ion capacitors are typically devices with one Li-ion battery electrode and one supercapacitor electrode, both swimming in a lithium-ion battery electrolyte. Usually Asymmetric Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitors AEDLC, they were first commercialised in 1999, the year IDTechEx was founded.

Corvus Energy is the leading maritime battery supplier. This update, based on an IDTechEx interview, discusses the impact of covid-19 on marine electrification, the latest trends and data on the company's expanded product line-up, the threats to electrification in the short-term and a market outlook for the sector.

Supercapacitors Turn the Corner - Supercapacitors and their variants have recently seen customer commitment to multibillion-dollar opportunities that were previously beyond their reach. Consider large peak-shaving ones for hybrid cars where the Geely orders will soon be followed by others.

A ground-breaking new battery 'match' service is set to help utility companies choose the most suitable batteries as partners for their energy storage schemes.

Elkem has selected Herøya Industrial Park as the site for a potential large-scale plant for battery graphite production in Norway. The project, named Northern Recharge, aims to supply the fast-growing battery industry through a competitive production process and make batteries greener with lower CO2 emissions.

Storelectric is a developer of Compressed Air Energy Storage systems (CAES), for grid scale applications.

Growth in the Li-ion market means significant investments are now being made into building out capacity for manufacturing Li-ion batteries and their components and as the demand for Li-ion batteries grow, so too does the importance of performance and cost improvements.

What if you could solve two of Earth's biggest problems in one stroke? Engineers have developed a way to recycle plastic waste, such as soda or water bottles, into a nanomaterial useful for energy storage.

Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on the transportation industry with production shutdowns and loss of consumer travel and spending. In this article, IDTechEx discusses the impact so far on the electric and hybrid marine industry based on primary interviews.

Electric ships have some of the largest individual batteries of any electric vehicle sector; below is a list of the largest projects IDTechEx have been tracking.

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3D Strong are a Latvian start-up working on introducing CNTs to 3D printing material. IDTechEx spoke with Maryna Petrychenko (CEO and Co-founder) and Maria Korabovska (Co-founder).

Nanoramic Laboratories used advanced nanocarbons for electrodes and as thermal interface materials. IDTechEx caught up with Dr Yong Joon Lee (R&D Director) at Nanoramic Laboratories.

Previously, we have discussed the widespread work on structural supercapacitors, noting that they have the advantage of not swelling and shrinking during charge-discharge unlike batteries.

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

NoPo Nanotechnologies produce SWCNT via the HiPCO process. IDTechEx spoke with Anto Godwin (Head of Production & Technology)

esVolta has selected ION Energy to improve the operational efficiency of its utility scale battery energy storage projects, in one of the largest such deals in the world.