We warned last week that oil has a storage problem, which could translate to permanent production capacity shutdowns. On Thursday, Goldman’s commodities research team, headed by Damien Courvalin, offered some Continue Reading
When searching through theoretical lists of possible new materials for particular applications, such as batteries or other energy-related devices, there are often millions of potential materials that could be considered, Continue Reading
The US oil glut is growing so fast that one pipeline owner is concerned traders may stow away crude on its network until prices improve. (Bloomberg) — The glut of Continue Reading
A team of scientists led by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has captured in real time how lithium ions move in Continue Reading
One of the latest entrants in the heated race for higher-performance battery pack technology is a new type of solid-state battery with high energy density, half the size of a Continue Reading
Companies are getting closer to replacing the battery that has led the consumer-electronics revolution over the past 30 years. Solid-state batteries promise to be more compact and powerful than the Continue Reading
Reuters recently reported on Tesla’s announcement that it is in advanced talks to use batteries from China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) that contain no cobalt specifically for use Continue Reading
Commercial fast-charging stations subject electric car batteries to high temperatures and high resistance that can cause them to crack, leak, and lose their storage capacity, according to researchers at the Continue Reading
Fortum, BASF, and Nornickel have signed a letter of intent to plan a Li-ion battery recycling cluster in Harjavalta, Finland, serving the electric vehicle market. This would enable a successful Continue Reading
Tesla is expected to hold its Battery Day in April as Elon Musk announced during the company’s Q4 earnings call. The chief executive said the company has a “compelling story” Continue Reading
Panasonic Corp said it would exit solar cell production at Tesla Inc’s New York plant, the latest sign of strain in a partnership where Panasonic’s status as the U.S. electric Continue Reading
For decades, scientists have been on the prowl for advanced battery materials with features such as superior energy density or those that confer extra-long battery life leading to such futuristic Continue Reading
For decades, scientists have been on the prowl for advanced battery materials with features such as superior energy density or those that confer extra-long battery life leading to such futuristic Continue Reading
The ranks of batteries aiming to challenge the dominant lithium ion technology have been swelling rapidly in the past few years are researchers and businesses seek a better and cheaper Continue Reading
Shares in Chinese cobalt miners dropped on Wednesday following news that Tesla had chosen to produce its Model 3 electric car in the country with lower cost batteries that do Continue Reading
Most of the world’s cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Electric cars are getting cheaper and their sales are on the rise, but their future success Continue Reading
A study by a team from MIT, with colleagues from Alfred University, UC Berkeley, and RIT, has found that supplies of cobalt—a critical material in some battery chemistries—is adequate in Continue Reading
At every stage of the battery development process, new technologies must be tested for months or even years to determine how long they will last. Now, a team led by Continue Reading
Tesla is in advanced stages of talks to use batteries from CATL ( 300750.SZ ) that contain no cobalt – one of the most expensive metals in electric vehicle (EV) Continue Reading
Last year Oilprice reported that the energy storage industry was about to explode in China. We wrote that “China is set to become the single biggest energy storage market in Continue Reading
The battery craze isn’t really about batteries at all. It’s about something far grander than a battery, which is simply a conduit to a much bigger story. Batteries are like Continue Reading
Shell Energy Europe Limited (SEEL) has agreed a multi-year power offtake deal with the 100 MW Minety battery storage project in Wiltshire, southwest England, Shell said Monday. Receive daily email Continue Reading
Plans for Germany’s biggest EV battery plant at Kaiserslautern have advanced after car maker Opel pledged to invest Eur2 billion ($2.2 billion), the energy ministry said Friday. Opel, part of Continue Reading
JenaBatteries GmbH and BASF are cooperating in the production of an electrolyte for a battery technology that is particularly suitable for stationary storage of electricity from renewable energy sources and Continue Reading
Researchers at MIT and their colleagues are proposing a new design for electrodes that, based on the long-sought goal of using pure lithium metal as the anode, could lead to Continue Reading
Hydro-Québec and The University of Texas at Austin signed an agreement for the transfer to Hydro-Québec of patents co-invented by Dr. John B. Goodenough, a professor at The University of Continue Reading
Lithium and cobalt: the two components of a rechargeable battery that have spurred a research and development rush may eventually meet their match in the future, in a simple element Continue Reading
A growing number of U.S. utilities plan to add energy storage to their resource plans this decade, as declining renewable energy costs and investor and public pressure to curb emissions Continue Reading
IBM lifted the veil this week on a new battery for EVs, consumer devices, and electric grid storage that it says could be built from minerals and compounds found in Continue Reading
OXIS Energy has successfully tested its Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery cell prototypes at 471Wh/kg and is confident of achieving 500Wh/kg in the next 12 months. Consistently shipping cells at 400Wh/kg to Continue Reading
What a difference a decade can make. Ten years ago, Li-ion batteries were mostly confined to phones and personal computers; fast-forward to the present and they now power our cars, Continue Reading
Enevate, a developer of advanced silicon-dominant Li-ion battery technology capable of extreme fast charging for electric vehicles (EVs), announced its new fourth-generation technology optimized for high volume commercialization and manufacturing Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Energy is launching a program to speed up the development and use of next-generation energy storage solutions and technologies, aiming to position the United States for Continue Reading
The developers of the lithium-ion battery won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019, in recognition of a scientific achievement that has helped power our mobile phones, laptops, and electric vehicles Continue Reading
Engineers at the University of Illinois have developed an electrolyte that could help manufacturers produce recyclable, self-healing commercial batteries. In a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Continue Reading
Utility-scale storage capacity seen nearly tripling in 2020 Storage driven by state programs at risk from MOPRs Washington — There is little doubt that 2020 is going to be a Continue Reading
Storage plans jump to 10,500 MW in the past 12 months. Current UK storage capacity totals 700 MW Developers are charging into the market for grid-scale battery storage in the Continue Reading
German carmaker BMW on Thursday said it had ordered more than 10 billion euros’ ($11.07 billion) worth of battery cells from Chinese battery cell maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) Continue Reading
The world’s biggest lithium-ion battery is about to get even bigger after its Australian operators decided to expand in a bid to stabilise the nation’s fragile electricity grid. French renewables company Continue Reading
Now that it has become abundantly clear energy storage is the most important factor that can ensure the long-term success of renewable energy, the field has been brimming with potential Continue Reading
Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have reported that a new photo-excitation mechanism can speed up the charging of lithium-ion batteries by a factor of Continue Reading
Energy storage is an increasingly large problem with renewable energy . Energy Vault wants to solve it by storing extra energy as potential energy in concrete blocks. The company recently Continue Reading
Researchers at Zhengzhou University, Tsinghua University and Stanford University have developed a solid-electrolyte-based liquid Li-S and Li-Se (SELL-S and SELL-Se, respectively) battery system with the potential to deliver energy densities Continue Reading
The soon-to-be $92.2 billion battery market just got a huge boost. Scientists have just created the world’s first long-cycle Li-Carbon Dioxide battery, and in a market-shredding first: it’s fully rechargeable. The hunt for advanced Continue Reading
When earlier this year Tesla’s Elon Musk said the company could soon have batteries lasting for over one million miles, many probably took it as yet another grand promise with Continue Reading
China is set to become the single biggest energy storage market in the Asia Pacific region by 2024, according to new reporting by British data analysis and consultancy group Wood Continue Reading
It’s no secret that batteries are the most expensive part of an electric vehicle. As such, this is the root of the industry’s problem and a roadblock to making larger Continue Reading
When Tesla announced a 100 MW/129 MWh battery project in Australia, it was hailed as the world’s largest energy storage facility. Then Abu Dhabi upped the ante by announcing the Continue Reading
Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have designed a new, sulfur-based organic cathode material for lithium batteries. The material is more energy-dense, cost-effective, and environmentally Continue Reading
It took 100,000 construction workers a quarter of a century to bore through the Snowy Mountains to build Australia’s largest hydroelectric scheme. The vast nation-building project links nine power stations Continue Reading
