Energy Storage

Presentation by Nick Kitchin, CEO of Cumulus Energy Storage on their energy superstorage

Researchers have increased the lifetime of a promising electric vehicle battery to a record level, an important step toward the goal of lighter, less expensive and long-lasting batteries for future electric vehicles.

Vantaa Energy has awarded an alliance formed by AFRY and YIT to develop the world's largest cavern thermal energy storage in Vantaa, Finland. The innovative thermal energy storage is a key milestone in the path to fossil free energy production in Vantaa by 2026 and in the energy company's aim to become carbon neutral by 2030.

This premium article delves into the advantages and disadvantages of Li-S batteries, how problems may be overcome and look at how the value proposition of Li-S batteries needs to be considered carefully.

This database reveals trends derived from over 177 electric marine projects tracked by IDTechEx, including battery demand, electric vessel types and regional uptake.

Practically no graphene manufacturer is making significant revenue, let alone a profit, so continued funding will still be essential - but is there still enough cash being injected?

Within the EV market, increases are being seen in battery capacity, range, charging rates, wide bandgap semiconductors, and high-performance traction motors. Additionally, EV fires and related recalls have brought the concept of thermal runaway detection, prevention, and protection to the fore. All of these trends demand more effective thermal management systems, solutions, and materials.

The electric car market has grown rapidly over the past 5 years, and within this growing market, several trends can be seen when looking at batteries and traction motors. To help organizations to analyze these trends, IDTechEx has released the "Electric Car Sales, Models & Technologies Database".

Svevind Energy GmbH and Kazakh Invest National Company JSC have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding SVEVIND's plan to develop and realise mega-sized facilities for producing green hydrogen by utilising the vast resources of wind and solar power in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

CPI today announced the successful completion of POETICS, a collaborative project aiming to develop low-cost Battery-on-Circuit technology for printed smart labels used to track assets. The outcomes of this project could help lower production costs and drive industrial growth within the printed electronics industry.

VARTA AG opened its new lithium-ion cell factory at the Nördlingen site on Monday. The new building is an important step for VARTA in its growth strategy.

This premium article covers recent developments to silicon anodes and Li-metal/solid-state cell designs (i.e. cells utilising Li-metal as the anode and a solid-electrolyte in place of an electrolyte soaked separator), highlighting the key companies with automotive partnerships and providing a comparison between these two key technology classes.

The Mayor of London has launched England's first ever hydrogen double decker buses, marking another major step towards making the bus fleet zero-emission and cleaning up London's toxic air.

The concept behind Buoyancy Energy Storage is based on the well-established technology of pumped energy storage systems. The system typically consists of floating platforms placed close to offshore wind farms and uses an electric motor/generator for storing energy by lowering a compressed gas recipient, usually a series of balloons or tanks, in locations with deep sea floors and generating electricity by allowing the compressed gas recipient, to rise through the water.

Founded in 2016, Sakuu Corporation (formerly KeraCel) is a US additive manufacturing company based in San Jose, California. It offers multi-material and multi-method 3D printing platforms for high volume production. Customers can build complext active devices including solid-state battery, micro-fluidic devices, sensors by the platform.

Coal, oil, and gas power stations are turning out to be expensive write-offs for power companies, particularly facilities that are not very old. The new IDTechEx report, "Stationary Energy Storage Without Batteries: Grid, Microgrid, UPS, Trackside 2021-2041" has the answer - repurposing as energy storage.

Thursday 8 July 2021 - What are solid-state batteries?; Value propositions of solid-state batteries; Development trend of solid-state batteries; Overall market landscape; and Targeting markets

General Motors Co will increase its EV and AV investments from 2020 through 2025 to $35 billion, representing a 75 percent increase from its initial commitment announced prior to the pandemic.

The IDTechEx report "Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles and Fleets 2021-2031" finds that the total number of electric vehicle charging outlets surpassed 1 million in 2020, with both China and Europe at or below the optimum 10 electric vehicles per charging outlet.

With an increasing number of players working in this field and some milestones being achieved, the solid-state battery market is expected to grow to $ 8 billion by 2031, according to IDTechEx's new report "Solid-State and Polymer Batteries 2021-2031: Technology, Forecasts, Players".