Batteries

Energy Storage Battery

EC Announces €19.8MN for Croatian Grid Balancing Batteries

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €19.8 million Croatian aid measure aiming to help with the procurement and installation of gr…

Electric Vehicle Battery

ANZ to Lend Hyundai-LG Energy JV $711 Mln to Make EV Batteries

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has set up a $711-million lending facility for a joint venture between Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution that makes b…

Electric Vehicle Battery

EV Maker Polestar to Provide Batteries for ‘Flying’ Electric Boats

Luxury EV maker Polestar will provide battery and charging systems to electric boat firm Candela after the two Swedish companies signed a multi-year agreement.

Technology Trending: Mg-Ion Batteries, Hydrogen Innovation Lab, Landfill Methane for Bitcoin Mining

A new advance opening the way for Mg-ion batteries, protections for birds around networks, Enel Green Power’s Sicily hydrogen lab and a plan to power Bitcoin m…

Energy Storage Battery

Magnesium Conductor Developed for Energy Storage

Movement towards a more energy-efficient society means that the need for high-capacity, cost-effective batteries is greater than ever.

Hydropower Plant

Switzerland’s New Energy Asset: Hydro Plant With Capacity to Charge 400,000 Car Batteries

Switzerland is adding a much needed cog in the wheel to its energy supply with an underground hydropower plant that says it has capacity to store enough electri…

Energy Storage Battery

Research Could Pave the Way for Cost-Efficient, High-Performing Calcium-Ion Batteries

Concerns regarding scarcity, high prices, and safety regarding the long-term use of lithium-ion batteries has prompted a team of researchers to propose a greene…

Electric Car

How Renewable Forests Could Solve a Major Electric Vehicle Problem

While electric vehicles have the potential to drastically reduce global emissions, the batteries that these vehicles use have a very large carbon footprint.

Energy Storage Battery

European Battery Stakeholders to Collaborate

The Batteries European Partnership Association (BEPA) and Batteries Europe are integrating their working groups.

Energy Storage Battery

Northvolt Turns to Trees With Wood-Based Batteries

Volkswagen-backed battery developer Northvolt and Stora Enso are joining forces to create sustainable batteries using lignin-based hard carbon produced with woo…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Will Semi-solid Battery Technology Render Solid-State Batteries Redundant?

Developers have struggled to scale the production of solid-state batteries – emerging semi-solid tech could offer an alternative.

Energy Storage Battery

Sand Batteries: The Next Green Energy Revolution?

Polar Night Energy in Finland has developed the world’s first commercial sand-based heat storage battery system, potentially providing a solution to sustainabl…

Electric Car

Volkswagen-Backed Northvolt to Develop Wood-Based Batteries for EVs

The attempt to develop battery materials from a range of sources comes as major European economies lay out plans to move away from road-based vehicles that use …

Electric Car

Swappable Car Batteries Could Accelerate UK’s Transition to Electric Vehicles

A new paper from Cornwall Insight and law firm Shoosmiths has laid out why switching the UK electric vehicle (EV) model to Battery-as-a-Service, could cut upfro…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Solid State Batteries Can Reduce EV Carbon Footprint by 39% – Study

​New research has found that solid state batteries can reduce the carbon footprint of electric vehicle (EV) batteries by almost two-fifths – further increasin…