L R AS Published on Sunday 5 April 2020 - n° 316 - Categories:lithium batteries
Blade battery against fire
To prevent lithium battery fires, the Chinese BYD offers a blade battery. The piercing
L R AS Published on Saturday 4 April 2020 - n° 316 - Categories:lithium batteries
Start of battery production in Germany
German battery storage manufacturer Tesvolt has begun production in its new gigafactory in Germany despite the
L R AS Published on Sunday 22 March 2020 - n° 314 - Categories:lithium batteries
How do you achieve a solid electrolyte battery?
How do you achieve a solid electrolyte battery? There are four challenges: stable chemical interfaces between the electrolyte and electrodes, efficient tools for characterisation, sustainable manufacturing processes and design from the outset for recycling, according to researchers at California-based UCSD.
L R AS Published on Saturday 21 March 2020 - n° 314 - Categories:lithium batteries
Encouraging storage facilities
IRENA has developed an evaluation framework to encourage the installation of storage. The high cost of large-scale energy storage facilities is an incentive to recognise the value that such facilities can offer.
R AS Published on Monday 9 March 2020 - n° 312 - Categories:lithium batteries, California-Americas States
Storage will expand in California in 2020
After widespread and prolonged power outages in 2019 that affected 1.1 million homes in California, customers installing solar power are willing to pay extra to add storage for electrical continuity. It can be estimated that
R AS Published on Saturday 7 March 2020 - n° 312 - Categories:lithium batteries
SVOLT has received an order for lithium batteries worth 7 GWh from a European company.
The Chinese company SVOLT has received an order for lithium batteries worth 7 GWh from a European car manufacturer. This reinforces
L R AS Published on Saturday 7 March 2020 - n° 312 - Categories:lithium batteries
Europe needs to catch up with Asia in battery manufacturing
Europe needs to catch up with Asia in battery manufacturing. It has to import almost all the raw materials and in particular import or manufacture its own graphite.
AS Published on Monday 2 March 2020 - n° 311 - Categories:lithium batteries
Wood Mackenzie estimates a 10% drop in battery production in China
The production of lithium batteries manufactured in China is expected to fall by 10%, or 26 GWh, from the originally projected level of 237 GWh this year on the impact of the outbreak of the new coronavirus COVID-19, according to Wood Mackenzie. That's because battery manufacturers
L R AS Published on Monday 2 March 2020 - n° 311 - Categories:Europe, lithium batteries
Northvolt or the European effort to build a battery industry
In three years, Northvolt has gone from project stage to LA Europe's response to Asian dominance in the battery field.
Two years ago, there were only 20 people in the company. By October 2019, there were 500. The most difficult thing is
L R AS Published on Friday 21 February 2020 - n° 310 - Categories:United Kingdom, lithium batteries
100 MW storage project in the United Kingdom
Shell has signed a 100 MW storage project in the UK, which is expected to be the largest battery installation in Europe.
GreenTech Media of 17 February
R AS Published on Friday 21 February 2020 - n° 310 - Categories:lithium batteries
Storage seems to be essential but the profitability is not certain.
Developers of large power plants are increasingly convinced that they should invest in battery projects in the United States. The challenge is to find profitable investments.
Demand for storage seems to be on the verge of growing
R AS Published on Monday 17 February 2020 - n° 309 - Categories:lithium batteries, electric vehicles
Margins on stationary batteries will be higher than those in the automotive sector.
Battery integration between centralised generation and the distributed smart grid is a must for making smart cities work, says TrendForce
Global installations of battery electric storage and retrieval systems (BESS) are expected to achieve
L R AS Published on Sunday 16 February 2020 - n° 309 - Categories:India, lithium batteries
Tripling of battery imports in two years
Batteries imported into India tripled in two years to $1.23 billion, with $773 million from China, $267 million from Hong Kong and $114 million from Vietnam. These are mainly lithium ion batteries.
PV Magazine of February 10
R AS Published on Saturday 15 February 2020 - n° 309 - Categories:lithium batteries
Already, the battery market is reportedly experiencing a tightening of supply
As the coronavirus slows down the production of Chinese factories, the battery market is experiencing a tightening of supply.
Efforts to limit the spread of the virus are slowing down the rate of production.
AS Published on Monday 3 February 2020 - n° 307 - Categories:French companies, lithium batteries
Total and PSA are seriously studying the creation of a battery manufacturing facility
The battery construction project presented by Total and PSA concerns an 8 gigawatt hour plant in the north of France. This installation would be increased to 24 gigawatt hours, then replicated