Energy Storage

Thursday 26 September 2024 - Insights on the Li-ion Battery Market: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead. Recent trends and developments in the Li-ion market; Discussion on various chemistry choices being made; Key technology innovations and developments; Cost and price trends

HiNa Battery Technology (HiNa) is a Chinese Na-ion battery manufacturer. IDTechEx caught up with the company at The Battery Show Europe 2024.

Wednesday 25 September 2024 - Unlocking Lithium Brine Potential: The Role of Direct Lithium Extraction. Lithium Mining and Extraction: Fundamentals and Current Practices; Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE): A Comprehensive Overview; Sorbent-Based DLE Technology: In-Depth Exploration; Evolving Business Models in the DLE Market; Sustainability and Cost Benchmarks Across Lithium Extraction Methods; Lithium Market Outlook: Drivers, Challenges, and Emerging Trends in DLE

Farasis Energy is a Li-ion manufacturer headquartered in China. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Show Europe 2024 to learn more about its Na-ion development.

Lilac Solutions is a US-based mining technology company that specializes in lithium extraction based on ion-exchange chemistry. IDTechEx spoke with the company at the Direct Lithium Extraction Summit 2024.

PowerCell is a Swedish fuel cell company, based in Gothernburg, that has been operating for almost 30 years. The company targets marine, aviation, off-road, on-road and stationary power generation sectors for the installation of its proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs).

Jiangsu Highstar Battery Manufacturing (Highstar) is a battery producer based in China. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Show Europe to learn about updates regarding its Na-ion development.

This premium article will provide a comprehensive overview of key insights gained from the Direct Lithium Extraction Summit 2024, with a focus on technologies and players in lithium extraction and refining.

Hansol Chemical is a fine chemicals company based in South Korea. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Show Europe 2024 to learn about its developments of its silicon anodes for Li-ion batteries.

SFC Energy is a Germany-based fuel cell company, founded in 2000. SFC Energy manufactures and sells direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) and proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), targeting mobile and stationary power generation applications.

Innovation map for the rare-earth magnet recycling value chain: Players, markets, and key secondary sources.

Standard Lithium is a lithium development company focused on the development of lithium-brine properties in the United States using direct lithium extraction (DLE) technologies.

Alkegen develops and supplies specialty materials for the battery, filtration, catalysis, insulation, construction, and transportation industries. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Show Europe to learn about developments of its silicon anode technology.

While there has been strong growth in the stationary battery sector, electric vehicles remain the key driver behind the Li-ion market, and electric cars will be the largest market for Li-ion batteries over the next 10 years. Although there are some regional concerns over the rate of EV adoption in 2024, sales of electric vehicles grew rapidly in 2022 and 2023, and the medium-long-term outlook for EV adoption remains strong.

Jaguar Land Rover is a British automotive brand known for its luxury vehicles like the Range Rover. It has been bold in the past with its ambitions around electrification, promising an all-electric line-up for the Jaguar brand by 2025 and all-electric variants of each model in the Land Rover brand by 2030. With these deadlines fast encroaching, IDTechEx examines JLR's current position in this company profile.

Eramet is a French multi-national mining and metallurgy company that specializes in manganese, nickel, and mineral sands production. The company intends to expand its product offering to lithium, nickel/cobalt salts, and battery recycling. This profile will focus on its involvement in the lithium market.

Safion GmbH (Safion) is based in Germany and offers battery monitoring, testing, and analysis technologies. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Show Europe 2024 to learn about its EIS technology.

Thursday 29 August 2024 - Applications of BESS for grid-scale and residential battery storage markets; Overview of global Li-ion battery storage market growth, regional activity, market dynamics and trends; Comparisons across battery storage technologies, and discussion on the current and future position of Li-ion in the energy storage market; Trends observed and analysis on these trends, including cell chemistry, energy density, safety, and thermal management in Li-ion battery storage technologies; IDTechEx's outlook and conclusions on the global Li-ion BESS market.

The key to wider adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) will be lower-cost models with a more approachable price point. The most expensive component of an EV is the battery pack. As well as increasing the energy density and reducing the cost of the battery cells, another avenue to cost reduction is through more efficient packaging of the cells.