L R AS Published on Monday 21 September 2020 - n° 332 - Categories:R&D , lithium batteries
The use of more nickel in batteries faces complications
To avoid the extensive use of cobalt, which causes serious environmental damage and which comes 66% from a single unstable country, battery manufacturers want to use more nickel. Only such nickel-doped lithium ion batteries, which are only subject to
L R AS Published on Monday 7 September 2020 - n° 330 - Categories:French companies, lithium batteries
More details on the Total/PSA battery factory
PSA/Opel and Total/Saft will each hold a 50% stake. Total/Saft's stake will revert to 33% when ACC reaches its full industrial and commercial dimension.
Research and development work in Bordeaux and the development of a pilot line in Nersac
L R AS Published on Monday 7 September 2020 - n° 330 - Categories:French companies, lithium batteries
The Total-SAFT/ PSA battery project
PSA and Total create "Automotive Cells Company", a joint venture dedicated to the manufacture of batteries in Europe. Total/Saft will bring its expertise in R&D and industrialisation; PSA its knowledge of the automotive market and its experience in mass production.
L R AS Published on Monday 7 September 2020 - n° 330 - Categories:lithium batteries
Tesla prepares a "revolutionary" announcement
Tesla is preparing a "groundbreaking" announcement on new batteries that will be unveiled at its general meeting on September 22 in California,
Tecsol of the 6th September
Editor's note Tesla's boss is a great publicist who knows how to attract attention even with very little substance. He will announce something on the 22nd. We'll see.
L R AS Published on Sunday 30 August 2020 - n° 329 - Categories:lithium batteries
How battery technology has changed over the decade?
Wood Mackenzie estimates that the volume of batteries using lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) technology will surpass
L R AS Published on Sunday 30 August 2020 - n° 329 - Categories:French companies, lithium batteries
Schneider Electric to manage battery production in France
Verkor was created in July 2020 in France by the European research organisation EIT InnoEnergy, Schneider Electric and the engineering company IDEC Group, to build a lithium-ion battery production unit of
AS Published on Sunday 12 July 2020 - n° 328 - Categories:French companies, lithium batteries
Socomec has joined forces with Albioma
Albioma installs solar or biomass power plants. Socomec supplies storage systems. New
L R AS Published on Monday 8 June 2020 - n° 325 - Categories:R&D , lithium batteries
Silica extends the life of lithium-sulphur batteries
Silica increases the lifetime of lithium-sulphur batteries. It traps
L R AS Published on Sunday 7 June 2020 - n° 325 - Categories:lithium batteries
Storage capacity in China reaches 1.7 GW by the end of 2019
The China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA) reports that the Chinese market for electrochemical energy storage has increased by
AS Published on Sunday 17 May 2020 - n° 322 - Categories:lithium batteries
Study of the degradation of lithium-ion batteries
After developing a machine learning algorithm, scientists at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in the United States were able to track individual particles in a lithium-ion battery cell.
AS Published on Sunday 17 May 2020 - n° 322 - Categories:lithium batteries
Project to produce lithium-sulphur batteries for buses in Brazil
To launch a lithium-sulphur battery production unit, the British company Oxis Energy has rented a plot of land in Brazil. It has
L R AS Published on Sunday 10 May 2020 - n° 321 - Categories:lithium batteries
Fourfold increase in lithium-sulphur battery lifetime
Lithium-sulphur batteries appear to be a good alternative to lithium ion batteries because they are much lighter; they can store five times more energy than lithium ion batteries because they have a much higher energy density.
L R AS Published on Monday 4 May 2020 - n° 320 - Categories:lithium batteries
An expandable lithium ion battery!
Koreans at the KIRST Institute have developed a lithium-ion battery with components that can be stretched by half without compromising
L R AS Published on Friday 17 April 2020 - n° 318 - Categories:Europe, lithium batteries
The European battery plan? A barrel of danaïdes?
Europe has launched a plan worth several tens of billions of euros in the design and manufacture of car batteries
As part of its Horizon 2020 global competitiveness programme, which had a total budget of
L R AS Published on Sunday 12 April 2020 - n° 317 - Categories:lithium batteries, French companies
Huge storage project in Australia studied by Neoen
Neoen plans to develop a huge battery storage system (600 MW) near the Australian city of Geelong that will eclipse its largest project to date, the large 100 MW / 129 MWh Tesla battery in South Australia. This project is called Victoria Big Battery,