Batteries

Market Analysis

Electric Vehicle Batteries: A Market Report

The electric vehicle battery market is growing rapidly as the demand for electric vehicles increases. According to some estimates, the global market for electri…

EV Technology

New Developments in Electric Vehicle Battery Technology

Battery technologies are central to electric vehicles (EVs.) These technologies have become more sophisticated in recent years, providing enhanced performance f…

Australia

Energy Arbitrage Sends Big Battery Revenue to New Record High in 2022

Victoria Big Battery. Image suppliedLarge-scale batteries in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) earned record high revenue from arbitraging the…

EU

Industry Group Hails Inclusion of Flow Batteries in Eu’s ‘Battery Passport’

The European Union has resolved a glaring omission in the design of its Battery Passport, the forthcoming directive on sustainability, labelling and performance…

Energy Storage Technology

New Technique to Turn Abandoned Mines Into Batteries

Underground Gravity Energy Storage system: a schematic of different system sections. Credit: Hunt et al.A novel technique called Underground Gravity Energy Stor…

Solar Power Plant

Union-Built 310-Mw Solar + Storage Project Comes Online in California

Intersect Power started the commercial operation of its Athos III solar project in Riverside County, California, on December 22, 2022. The Athos III solar proje…

Pumped Storage

RWE Completes Megabattery That Will Link to Hydropower Sites in Germany

RWE has completed installation of Germany’s first megabattery, with 420 blocks of lithium-ion batteries with a total installed capacity of 117MW installed…

Wave Energy

Schneider Explores New Resource for Microgrids — River Currents

A selling point for microgrids is that they can use just about any form of generation, making them able to reap the benefits of local resources.Mostly, however,…

Energy Storage Battery

New Breakthrough in Lithium Battery Studies Finds External Magnetic Field to Inhibit Dendrite Growth

Scientists, in the midst of numerous battery energy storage technology in the new era, have placed high hopes on lithium batteries, and are looking to further p…

Energy Storage Battery

The Environmental Benefits of Solid-State Batteries

Electric vehicles are gaining popularity as the world searches for more eco-friendly transportation options. The battery is a fundamental component of any elect…

Energy Storage Battery

Energy Vault Partners With California Utility PG&E on Battery-Plus-Hydrogen LDES Microgrid Project

　　　　 California utility PG&E is developing a long-duration energy storage microgrid combining batteries and green hydrogen, in partnership with Energy Vau…

Energy Storage Battery

Manganese Batteries Market May Face Deficit in 2024

An essential component of the steel-making process, manganese has played an increasing role in the battery market. (Stock Image)The high-purity manganese market…

Energy Storage Battery

U Birmingham Team Demonstrates Direct Reuse of Aluminum and Copper Current Collectors From Spent Li-Ion Batteries

Researchers from The University of Birmingham in the UK have demonstrated that the direct reuse of aluminum and copper current collectors from spent lithium-ion…

Energy Storage Battery

Batteries and Beyond: Multi-Vector Energy Storage as a Tool to Decarbonise Energy Services

With the 2015 Paris Agreement pursuing efforts to limit global temperature increase to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and the ‘energy…

Energy Storage Battery

Billionaire-backed ‘Iron-Air’ Battery Maker Picks WV Site for First Factory

A battery manufacturing company with plenty of high-profile financial backing said it has picked a site for its first factory that will build iron-air batteries…