Category: Energy Storage

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

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 , 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

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

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

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 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

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

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