Energy Storage

Other than a spicy night snack, the crayfish has been endowed with greater significance. Research has made it possible to use crayfish shell as the biological template for high-performance supercapacitors.

Rolls-Royce has provided the technology required for textile company Proquinal in Alajuela to successfully commission the largest integrated energy system in Costa Rica. The system includes both battery storage and solar installations at the site.

Fuel cells based on methanol oxidation have a huge potential in the motor and technical industries. To increase their energy performance, scientists suggest using electrodes made of thin palladium-based metallic glass films.

India's first greenfield and largest shipbuilding yard, Cochin Shipyard Ltd, has selected Siemens Energy to provide advanced marine solutions for the country's first fleet of 23 boats to be equipped with electric propulsion drive trains with energy storage integration and vessel automation technologies.

GenCell Energy has been selected to deploy its hydrogen-based DC backup solutions for CFE substations. The company has been contracted for delivery and two years of service and maintenance of 37 hydrogen-based fuel cells to substations across Mexico in a deal valued at approximately US$6,000,000.

The PEMWE is the direct competitor of the currently most adopted alkaline electrolyser. AEL system presents a centenary investigation, adopting low cost materials, although with limited performances.

Researchers have developed a new family of cathodes with the potential to replace the costly cobalt-based cathodes typically found in today's lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles and consumer electronics.

US Chemical company, Chemours is a spin-off of Du Pont since 2015. Chemours is a market leader in the fluoropolymer titanium coating materials, although commercialising also base chemicals for industrial applications.

Dr James Edmondson from IDTechEx interviewed Arnaud Desrentes, CEO of Exoès and e-Mersiv to discuss e-Mersiv's immersion-cooling technology for electric vehicle batteries and their vision for applications to mass market.

IDTechEx investigate the evolution of the hydrogen market and the development of the hydrogen economies of the major countries around the world in their new report "The Hydrogen Economy, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Production Methods".

This premium article covers some of the recalls and fire events recorded for EVs in previous years and 2020. This article will also discuss the causes and regulations around thermal runaway, as well as the impact it has on OEMs and the opportunities for material suppliers.

The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, the state-owned St. Kitts Electric Company and Leclanché broke ground on a landmark solar generation and storage project that will provide between 30-35% of St. Kitts baseload energy needs for the next 20-25 years while reducing carbon dioxide emissions by more than 740,000 metric tons.

There is a race to 1000km battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and beyond.

Battery Requirements for Flying Taxis: Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft

There is an increasing need to prevent thermal runaway in electric vehicle batteries. There is also the increasing amount of regulation (with more anticipated) and a wide range of designs. This is all with increasingly energy dense cells and more demands with ultra-fast charging.

The EQS, the first electric luxury sedan from Mercedes-Benz, will start in the first half of 2021 in Factory 56 at the Sindelfingen site.

Energy storage technologies have undergone several years of sustained growth stemming from progress in markets such as consumer devices and the quest for decarbonization kick-starting growth in electric vehicle (EV) and stationary energy storage demand.

Graphene is a 2D sheet of carbon but this term has been consistently confused, particularly at commercial levels with companies looking to leverage the marketing value.

Nanotech Energy produce graphene-based energy storage devices. IDTechEx spoke with Scott Jacobsen (Director of Business Development).

Researchers studying a crystalline material have discovered it has properties that allow it to capture energy from the sun. The energy can be stored for several months at room temperature, and it can be released on demand in the form of heat.