L R AS Published on Saturday 17 September 2022 - n° 416 - Categories:lithium batteries
DNV study on LFP batteries
Following its study of the performance of 19 battery cells, DNV estimates that the lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells of Chinese battery manufacturers
L R AS Published on Saturday 17 September 2022 - n° 416 - Categories:other methods
Flywheels: light and shade
Indian researchers have studied the different ways of storing energy using flywheels. In their view, flywheel energy storage (FESS) is an optimal mechanical storage solution.
L R AS Published on Saturday 10 September 2022 - n° 415 - Categories:battery materials
We are looking for recycled battery materials because 1st fusion products are too expensive.
The sharp rise in the price of battery components is forcing Chinese manufacturers to seek out recycled materials as much as possible. For example, the price of lithium carbonate has risen ninefold
L R AS Published on Monday 5 September 2022 - n° 414 - Categories:lithium batteries, European countries
Hungary to host CATL's second battery plant
China's CATL, world No. 1, is planning to build a second battery plant with a capacity of
AS Published on Sunday 4 September 2022 - n° 414 - Categories:other batteries
Solid state batteries do not appear to be competitors for lithium at the moment
The excitement and hope for solid state batteries (SSBs) continues to grow as the automotive and storage industries focus on the technology. Major battery manufacturers and a host of start-up companies are racing to move from the lab to manufacturing.
AS Published on Saturday 9 July 2022 - n° 412 - Categories:recycling
Rystad not very confident about the benefits of panel recycling
The panel recycling market is set to increase 15-fold by 2030. This year it was just $170 million. The market will accelerate over the next decade (2030-2040).
L R AS Published on Saturday 9 July 2022 - n° 412 - Categories:other methods
Vattenfall builds Europe's largest combined heat and power plant
Vattenfall is building Europe's largest combined heat and power plant near Berlin. It will store district heating water at a temperature of 98° C using renewable electricity from the grid.
L R AS Published on Saturday 9 July 2022 - n° 412 - Categories:other methods
Commissioning of a sand-based storage facility in Finland
A sand-based high-temperature heat storage system will provide district heating for the town of Kankaanpää in western Finland. The storage system has a heating capacity of 100 kW and an energy capacity of 8 MWh.
L R AS Published on Tuesday 5 July 2022 - n° 411 - Categories:recycling
What if recycling old panels wasn't the only good solution?
The prestigious American NREL believes that there are alternatives to recycling. An efficient circular economy should be preferred for used panels and batteries.
It points out that keeping
AS Published on Tuesday 5 July 2022 - n° 411 - Categories:miscellaneous storage
Solar+storage is the only way to get an attractive return on your PV installation
In the United States, the combination of solar and storage will become widespread over the next two years. 60% of large-scale power plant projects
L R AS Published on Tuesday 28 June 2022 - n° 410 - Categories:French companies, battery materials
Technip Energies: feasibility study contract for a lithium plant in France
Technip Energies has been awarded the feasibility study contract by Viridian Lithium for the construction of Europe's first lithium refining and conversion plant.
The plant will be located in Lauterbourg, France,
L R AS Published on Tuesday 28 June 2022 - n° 410 - Categories:other batteries
A battery without lithium, nickel or cobalt
The American start-up company Alsym Energy has presented a battery that does not use lithium, nickel or cobalt and is non-flammable. It says its battery costs half the price of lithium batteries. The company
AS Published on Tuesday 21 June 2022 - n° 409 - Categories:battery materials
What will be the trend in the price of materials used in batteries?
Experts are divided over the likely trend in the prices of lithium, cobalt and nickel, essential materials for batteries.
At the end of May, Goldman Sachs sent shockwaves through the battery metals markets when it predicted that
AS Published on Tuesday 21 June 2022 - n° 409 - Categories:lithium batteries
A life span of a century!
The new lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt battery has a lifespan of a century!
AS Published on Tuesday 21 June 2022 - n° 409 - Categories:French companies, hydrogen
TotalEnergies makes another green energy acquisition
After acquiring 20% of solar developer Adani Green Energy, TotalEnergies is acquiring 25% of Adani New Industries (ANIL), whose initial objective was to