China aims to install over 30 GW of new energy storage by 2025
China aims to install more than 30 gigawatts (GW) of new energy storage capacity by 2025, its state planner said on Friday, as part of efforts to boost renewable power Continue Reading
Startup Claims Breakthrough in Long-Duration Batteries
A four-year-old startup says it has built an inexpensive battery that can discharge power for days using one of the most common elements on Earth: iron. Form Energy Inc.’s batteries Continue Reading
Startup Unveils Frugal Iron-Based Energy Storage
Form Energy, a startup developing energy storage solutions, said on Thursday that it had developed an iron-air battery chemistry that could help incorporate more renewable energy into the power grid. Continue Reading
California Battery Boom Didn’t Come Fast Enough to Beat the Heat
Big batteries intended to save California from blackouts haven’t been added in time to stave off the threat of outages as the state struggles to meet power demand during this Continue Reading
University of Michigan researchers lay out hurdles for Li-metal, solid-state batteries
In a perspective piece in the journal Joule , researchers at the University of Michigan lay out the main questions facing lithium-metal, solid-state batteries. To develop the questions, they worked Continue Reading
Cement-Based Batteries Could Solve The Energy Storage Problem
Researchers have developed a concept for a rechargeable battery based on cement—a world-first such concept that they suggest could one day turn buildings into giant energy storage facilities. The proof Continue Reading
World first concept for rechargeable cement-based batteries
Imagine an entire twenty storey concrete building which can store energy like a giant battery. Thanks to unique research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, such a vision could someday Continue Reading
Rechargeable Concrete Battery
A rechargeable cement-based battery was developed, with an average energy density of 7 Wh/m 2 (or 0.8 Wh/L) during six charge/discharge cycles. Iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) were selected as Continue Reading
Ford, SK Innovation to form JV to manufacture battery cells and modules; 60 GWh/year from BlueOvalSK
Ford and SK Innovation signed an MoU to create a joint venture—to be called BlueOvalSK—to produce approximately 60 GWh annually in traction battery cells and array modules, starting mid-decade, with Continue Reading
Natural Gas, America’s No. 1 Power Source, Already Has a New Challenger: Batteries
Vistra Corp. owns 36 natural-gas power plants, one of America’s largest fleets. It doesn’t plan to buy or build anymore. Instead, Vistra intends to invest more than $1 billion in solar Continue Reading
Harvard team develops long-life Li-metal solid-state battery
A team at Harvard has a developed a design for a solid-state battery that uses a hierarchy of interface stabilities (to lithium metal responses), to achieve an ultrahigh current density Continue Reading
Ford plans to develop and produce electric vehicle batteries
Saying that it wants to control the key technology for electric vehicles, Ford plans to open a battery development center near Detroit by the end of next year. The company Continue Reading
QuantumScape (QS) Stock Hit By a Short-Seller Attack. Its CEO Is Fighting Back
QuantumScape Corp. is the hottest battery-maker on the market, with recent valuations hovering between $13 billion and $20 billion. While the San Jose, California-based startup says its next-generation battery will Continue Reading
Secrecy in the Battery Industry Is Becoming a Headache for Everyone
Most automakers have now committed to electrifying their fleets. That’s brought growing attention to batteries, which still make up about a third of the cost of an electric car, and Continue Reading
The Era Of Lithium Is Only Just Beginning
It’s been a big week for lithium, with a multi-billion-dollar mega-merger, a new major production deal in Chile, and funding for Europe’s first large-scale lithium refinery in Chile. Things are Continue Reading
Factorial Energy emerges from stealth with 40 Ah solid-state battery cell for EVs
Factorial Energy , a start-up solid-state battery technology company, emerged from stealth mode with a 40Ah solid-state battery cell for electric vehicles (EVs) and other applications. Factorial also announced the Continue Reading
Western Europe Is Now The World’s Largest Investor In Batteries
In 2020, Fitch Solutions analysts recorded 37 manufacturing projects for EV batteries and related components and materials worth $21.04 billion, for those projects disclosing financial details. The projects range from Continue Reading
QuantumScape says its technology is ready to move from the lab to VW’s dealerships.
The future of batteries, sought for decades by academics, startups, and corporate R&D armies is—quite possibly—just a slender sheet of ceramic material that’s supple enough to bend between two fingers. Continue Reading
The Next Electric-Car Battery Champion Could Be European
With Europe expected to lead the world in electric-car sales for a second straight year, an epic rush to build a battery-supply chain from scratch is playing out across the Continue Reading
GM Shares Secrets About Its New Revolutionary Battery Tech
GM shed some light on its EV tech research to produce much cheaper EV batteries, which will be key for its EV transformation. The automaker is experimenting with different types Continue Reading
EV-Battery Rivals Prod Biden With Rare Trade Veto in Balance
Two of the world’s largest electric-vehicle battery makers have hired top Washington insiders to hold near-daily meetings with the Biden administration in a battle that could affect the electrification plans of Ford Motor Continue Reading
KAUST team devises electrically-driven membrane process for seawater lithium mining
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia have developed a continuous electrically-driven membrane process which successfully enriches lithium from seawater samples of the Red Continue Reading
California to Test Whether Big Batteries Can Stop Summer Blackouts
AES Corp. in January commissioned a 100-megawatt battery installation in Long Beach, California, using Fluence batteries. With summer’s heat approaching, California’s plan for avoiding a repeat of last year’s blackouts Continue Reading
Canada Could Become A Superpower In The Global Battery Market
“Canada has great potential to become a leader in the global Li-ion battery market,” a new analysis by Roskill states. The research firm published the insight following the announcement by Continue Reading
Chalmers team develops structural battery that performs 10x better than previous versions
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, in collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. Continue Reading
Mercedes-Benz starts production of battery systems for the new EQS and expands EV expertise
Mercedes-Benz has started producing high-performance batteries for its all-electric luxury EQS at its Stuttgart-Hedelfingen plant, as part of the Untertürkheim location in Germany, ahead of the sedan’s world premiere on Continue Reading
The Solid-State Race: Legacy Automakers Reach for Battery Breakthrough
Automakers are pairing off with battery companies to try to win the race to develop an electric vehicle battery that costs less and has a much longer range. The quest Continue Reading
Battery Giant LG Chem To Invest $4.5 Billion In U.S. Expansion
LG Chem is prepared to invest $4.5 billion over the next five years to expand battery capacity in the United States. In a Thursday email, according to Bloomberg Green , Continue Reading
GM progressing on next-generation Ultium Li-metal battery; new joint development agreement with SES
At a Washington Post Live virtual conference, General Motors President Mark Reuss provided more details about GM’s next-generation Ultium lithium metal battery and announced a joint development agreement with lithium Continue Reading
U.S. Energy Storage Installations Up 183% In Q4 2020
U.S. energy storage boomed in the last quarter of 2020, with record 2,156 megawatt-hours (MWh) of new energy storage systems brought online, up by a massive?182 percent compared to the Continue Reading
GAC Group announces that its Aion V, sporting a graphene battery, will start production in September 2021
GAC Group recently announced “a major achievement in battery technology”. GAC stated that it achieved breakthrough progress with its graphene-based super-fast-charging battery and has now entered the phase of actual Continue Reading
New Battery Tech Could Make Solar Energy Storage Even Cheaper
US-based engineers have joined forces to develop high-voltage reference batteries for behind-the-meter energy storage applications, based on a bipolar technology that uses silicon wafers in traditional lead batteries. The wafers Continue Reading
QuantumScape (QS) Stock Soars After Company Reports on Battery Advance
QuantumScape Corp., an electric-vehicle-battery startup, soared as much as 12% in late trading after saying it cleared a key hurdle in the development of its technology. The company, which is attempting Continue Reading
FutureBridge expects cost-parity between solid-state and Li-ion batteries by 2025
Market analysis firm FutureBridge expects that cost-parity between Li-ion and solid-state batteries could be achieved in another five years. Solid-state batteries (SSBs) promise a leap forward, compared to incremental gains Continue Reading
Investment In Battery Tech Exploded In 2020
Last fall Swedish lithium-ion battery maker Northvolt announced that it had raised $600 million in equity to invest in capacity expansion, research and development, and large-scale recycling. The capital raise Continue Reading
QuantumScape (QS) Stock Soars After Company Reports on Battery Advance
QuantumScape Corp., an electric-vehicle-battery startup, soared as much as 12% in late trading after saying it cleared a key hurdle in the development of its technology. The company, which is attempting Continue Reading
UNIST team develops new electrolyte additive for high-energy-density Li-ion batteries
Researchers at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in Korea have developed an innovative electrolyte additive that enables a high-energy-density Li-ion battery to retain more than 80% Continue Reading
Uppsala team develops composite polymer dots for efficient, stable H2 production from water and sunlight
Researchers at Uppsala University have developed photocatalytic composite polymer nanoparticles (“polymer dots”) that show promising performance and stability for the production of hydrogen from water and sunlight. An open-access paper Continue Reading
Utility-Scale Batteries Return 82% Of Stored Electricity
The utility-scale batteries operating in the United States had an efficiency of retrieving the stored electricity at 82 percent in 2019, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed Continue Reading
Corporate Investment In Battery Tech Has Exploded
At a time when the Covid-19 pandemic continues to decimate the global transport sector, the EV trajectory has remained incredibly bullish. S&P Global has reported that global EV sales expanded Continue Reading
EC approves second major battery innovation project; €2.9B (US$3.5B) from 12 member states
The European Commission has approved , under EU State aid rules, a second Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) to support research and innovation in the battery value chain. Continue Reading
Energy storage must present itself as a solution to renewable integration woes: McCarthy
Highlights Climate adviser eyes more innovation, faster deployment Storage must be built into system along with generation Must communicate ‘that we have solutions’ The energy storage industry must craft a Continue Reading
Israeli Firm Releases EV Battery That Can Charge In 5 Minutes
An Israeli firm has announced the first superfast EV battery that can charge in just five minutes. The technology could spark a true EV revolution as it would eliminate one Continue Reading
The Miraculous Material Transforming Energy Storage
A material discovered less than two decades ago could become the key to safer, faster-charging and lighter batteries that power electronic devices, electric vehicles, and stationary energy storage. Since the Continue Reading
Can Sea Water Batteries Solve Our Energy Storage Problem?
The stakes are rising with each passing day for energy storage. The world needs it, and it needs it cheaply and urgently, given all the plans in Europe, Asia, and Continue Reading
In boost for renewables, grid-scale battery storage is on the rise
Lithium-ion batteries in Germany. This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The twin smokestacks of the Moss Continue Reading
EV Battery Prices Plunge 89% In Ten Years
The price of a lithium-ion battery pack used to power an electric vehicle has plunged 89% in the last decade. It could drop even further in the next couple of Continue Reading
€12M Current Direct project seeks to support marine electrification with swappable containerized battery system
Current Direct , a new €12-million research and innovation project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program, is proposing an innovative lithium-ion cell optimized for waterborne transport, using novel Continue Reading
Robots Are Creating The Super Batteries Of The Future
Artificial intelligence and robots are a hot topic of discussion, especially in the context of automation and job loss for humans. But they are also helping humans with a lot Continue Reading
The Hot Battery Startup That Could Zap Tesla
One of the wildest plotlines in the great 2020 electric-vehicle rally was the late-year rise of QuantumScape, QS -14.08% a battery startup that has yet to report any revenue. If investors are even close Continue Reading