Energy Storage

Storen Technologies is an American start-up based in Long Island (NY), developing and manufacturing vanadium Redox Flow Batteries, for residential application.

The Navajo Energy Storage Station is a pumped storage hydropower facility that would use water from Lake Powell and a new reservoir on a plateau above the lake to create a gigantic battery. The facility would use cheap, abundant solar and wind energy to pump water to the upper reservoir, then release it through turbines to generate 10 hours of renewable energy each day to power cities in California, Arizona and Nevada when demand peaks late in the day and through the night.

IDTechEx Technology Analyst Alex Holland spoke with Coretec CEO Michael Kraft.

Researchers have developed a soft and stretchable battery that relies on a special type of plastic to store power more safely than the flammable formulations used in conventional batteries today.

ADS-TEC develops and produces professional battery storage solutions that include energy management systems under the "StoraXe" label. The modular design offers almost unlimited scaling possibilities. ADS-TEC also develops smart solutions for the increasing challenges created by the rapid growth of the electric mobility industry.

Advanced Automotive Battery Conference Europe was a 5-day event held in Wiesbaden, Germany on the 12th-16th January. The conference was dedicated to the entire supply chain of Li-ion batteries and their application in the electric vehicles sector.

Vionx Energy is a Vanadium Redox Flow battery producer, based in Worburn (MA), with focus on high-power/ high-energy flow battery for grid applications.

CPI's Printable Electronics Centre is a design, development and prototyping facility. We provide support in bringing new printable electronics products and processes to market quickly by offering facilities and expertise that help reduce our clients' level of R&D risk and capital investment.

OXIS Energy has successfully tested its cell prototypes at 471Wh/kg and is confident of achieving 500Wh/kg in the next 12 months.

The project paves the way for a commercial collaboration of about 25 MW of Azelio's energy storage technology in the Jordanian market until 2023. This capacity is forecasted along the following timeline: 50 kW in 2020, 3 MW in 2021, 7 MW in 2022 and 15 MW in 2023.

The first battery innovation project in Europe using hi-tech neutron diffraction techniques has been launched in Spain under the Consortium for Battery Innovation's new technical program.

Finalists for the venerable R&D 100 Awards have been announced by R&D World magazine and its new parent company, WTWH Media, LLC.

Our modern lifestyle would be immensely different without rechargeable batteries. Owing to their low-cost, recyclable technology, these batteries are used in most portable electronic devices, electric and hybrid vehicles, and renewable power generation systems. And why shouldn't they be?

Researchers are improving the performance of lithium-air batteries, bringing us closer to electric cars that can use oxygen to run longer before they need to recharge.

Here come previously impossible devices and structures. The new IDTechEx report, "Smart Material Opportunities in Structural Electronics 2020-2030" analyses and forecasts a remarkable $200 billion materials opportunity by making dumb structures smart.

The 100MW of energy storage will comprise two 50MW projects located in Drumkee, County Tyrone and Mullavilly, County Armagh. The two projects, which are currently under construction, are the largest projects to date in Northern Ireland and are expected to derive revenue from the new Irish "Delivering a Secure Sustainable Electricity System" program.

The joint development work on a range of storage solutions in recent months has shown that the two companies are an excellent fit.

Enevate announced its new 4th generation technology optimized for high volume commercialization and manufacturing at gigafactory scale.

Many of the schools that received microgrid systems were without power for six months after the hurricanes. Four hundred faculty members and 3,600 students were impacted by this project and now have access to clean, resilient power if future severe weather events or grid outages occur.

IDTechEx Technology Analyst Dr David Wyatt has recently published a report update "Electric Truck 2020-2030", focusing on electrification in the medium and heavy-duty truck markets, providing a comprehensive set of market forecasts.