Energy Storage

Tesla has plans to enter a new market: India. This story has unfolded only one way so far. Tesla decides to enter a new market and quickly becomes the top-selling EV maker by leveraging its powerful brand and class-leading technology at a competitive price. But will it be so easy in India?

The electric truck market in the US is primed for huge growth. Having largely lagged behind China and Europe in electric commercial vehicle deployment, the transition to zero-emission vehicles in this sector now seems set to begin in earnest.

DeepGreen Metals, which is exploring for deep-ocean polymetallic nodules as a lower impact and more cost-effective alternative to terrestrial mining, announced an upward revision to the nodule resource reported within the NORI-D exploration contract area held by its subsidiary, Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. The nodule resource is now estimated as 4 megatons measured, 341Mt indicated and 11Mt inferred mineral resources.

Strategic Elements Ltd has achieved another significant milestone with its self-charging battery technology successfully generating an output of over 4V from moisture in the air over a testing period of approx. 5 hours. This was achieved through development of a prototype battery pack containing multiple connected battery ink cells.

Prometheus Fuels are a US start-up looking to produce drop-in electro-fuels through use of their carbon capture and electrochemical cell technology.

Sunfire are a German manufacturer of solid-oxide-fuel-cells (SOFC) and solid-oxide-electrolysis-cells (SOEC).

Opus 12 have developed an electrolysis cell to reduce carbon dioxide and produce useful fuels and chemicals.

Renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, could help decrease the world's reliance on fossil fuels. But first, power companies need a safe, cost-effective way to store the energy for later use.

Alkaline electrolysers are the most used and well-known system for hydrogen production. As a system they are mostly employed at industrial scale due to their robustness, long lifetime, and a low CAPEX given by the low cost material employed.

Multiple drivers are emerging for graphene as the value-added material of choice. One market driver that is perhaps surprising but will have a major impact over the next decade is sustainability.

Economic Development Queensland has signed a landmark deal to use Powerwall by Tesla installed together with solar on 80 homes being developed in the Brisbane suburb of Oxley.

With the growing market for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), will this drive further demand for NiMH batteries and stop them from being eliminated from the automotive market?

Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere and gigafactories to make them are being announced all the time. When they catch fire, it is the electrolytes that burn so there is work to introduce non-flammable electrolytes such as certain organic liquids and solid state inorganics.

The lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles (EVs) present very different material demands at the cell- and pack-level compared with the internal-combustion engine (ICE) vehicles they replace.

StoreDot announces the availability of its first-generation 5-minute charge battery engineering samples. This represents a significant milestone for the company in its mission to eliminate the range and charging anxiety of electric vehicles, demonstrating the commercial viability of XFC batteries for the first time via a small form-factor battery cell.

Adphos Thermal Processing GmbH has developed a new drying solution for anode and cathode water based and solvent based coatings.

Hyundai Motor Group has signed an investment contract with the government of Guangdong Province to establish an offshore fuel cell system production facility in Guangzhou, China.

The Global EV Battery Technologies & Management Systems 2021 was held online from 12-13th Jan 2021. The event hosted speakers from OEMs, tier 1 suppliers and more. Key topics addressed were the challenges to electric vehicle (EV) adoption with a focus towards fast charging and thermal management.

Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge an electric vehicle, may be a thing of the past, according to a team of engineers who are looking at lithium iron phosphate batteries that have a range of 250 miles with the ability to charge in 10 minutes.

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