Energy Storage

Primarily a foundry, smelting and casting company, Pyrotek now produce graphite for Li-ion batteries.

With accelerating uptake of lithium-ion batteries in stationary and mobile applications, today's shortages will reoccur in the years to come for many reasons beyond too few battery factories.

Siemens Digital Industries Software has partnered with Tianmu Lake Institute of Advanced Energy Storage Technologies, a major Chinese energy storage research and development center, to build an Advanced Battery Technology Innovation Center.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 rewards the development of the lithium-ion battery. This lightweight, rechargeable and powerful battery is now used in everything from mobile phones to laptops and electric vehicles. It can also store significant amounts of energy from solar and wind power, making possible a fossil fuel-free society.

IDTechEx are on the hunt for Senior Business Development Managers, based in the US. As an area of imminent growth for the company, this position is an excellent opportunity for experienced and enterprising individuals to contribute to the success of the company.

From automobiles and planes to laptops and e-bikes, lithium-ion batteries have been blamed for causing fires in high-tech devices. Now scientists have come up with patented techniques that may cut down the risk from these popular batteries, which are found in everyday devices such as phones and tablets.

CondAlign have developed a material agnostic process for aligning additives in polymeric resins. IDTechEx interviewed Guttorm Osborg (CEO), Dr Henrik Hemmen (CTO), and Morten Lindberget (VP Business Development and Sales). This profile will give a focus on their work for TIM developments.

Ilika announces the offer of a further £0.9m funding directly to Ilika under the UK Government's Faraday Battery Challenge:

48V Full Hybrid is a Prius killer. New research by IDTechEx in its report, "48V Mild Hybrid and 48V Full Hybrid Vehicles 2020-2030" reveals that the 48V mild hybrid powertrain is a done deal. Started in 2016, now a flood of car models have this, to keep them legal in the face of tightening emissions laws and save fuel.

A new concept for an aluminium battery has twice the energy density as previous versions, is made of abundant materials, and could lead to reduced production costs and environmental impact.

The energy storage systems support two primary goals. First, they provide targeted local capacity to enhance grid reliability during peak periods. Second, as fast-acting stabilization devices, the battery energy storage systems can charge and discharge rapidly to regulate frequency and contribute to grid stability, helping to balance and facilitate the ever-growing penetration of variable renewable energy.

Mercedes-Benz has agreed on a sustainability partnership with Farasis Energy (Ganzhou) Co Ltd. to take a holistic approach along the entire value chain. A production site in Germany is currently being planned and will be carbon-neutral from the beginning.

Lithium-carbon dioxide batteries are attractive energy storage systems because they have a specific energy density that is more than seven times greater than commonly used lithium-ion batteries. However, until now, scientists have not been able to develop a fully rechargeable prototype, despite their potential to store more energy.

NEC Energy Solution and Ambri will design and develop an energy storage system based on Ambri's Liquid Metal Battery technology.

CoinPower CP1240 ensures performance with increasingly high-compact medical products and wearables. The VARTA Microbattery CoinPower range offers the highest energy density on the Lithium-Ion cell market.

An incredible high-performance battery technology has been developed by a little-known company from Singapore.

A new analysis on smart materials as structural electronics and electrics from IDTechEx's Dr. Peter Harrop.

Hydrostor expects to use the financing to complete construction of its second commercial reference facility, its Angas Project in Australia, and to advance the company's pipeline of large-scale A-CAES projects. Those projects represent over 2 GW and 16 GWh of deployment potential in the USA, Canada, Chile and Australia, while the company expands opportunities with significant global project potential across many other markets.

A pilot line for small-series battery cell production was opened at the Center of Excellence in Salzgitter. Some 300 experts are involved in developing, testing and piloting innovative manufacturing technologies for the production of lithium-ion batteries. In a first step, Volkswagen is investing over €100 million in amassing its own development and production know-how.

Researchers have used stretchable materials to develop a battery that can be bent, stretched and twisted. For applications in bendable electronic devices, this is precisely the kind of battery they need.