The future will require sustainable batteries to store renewable energy, and lots of them. Stockholm-based Northvolt has taken the lead, and has just announced a capital raise of €886 million to build Europe’s first gigafactory for lithium-ion battery cells, Northvolt Ett, in Skellefteå, Sweden. This comes just a month after securing a €350 million loan […]
Does Innolith’s Battery Technology Stand a Chance the Second Time Around?
The company formerly known as Alevo is back on the hunt for deals in the U.S., with an upgraded battery due for production in late 2020. Innolith, the lithium-ion battery maker that arose from the ashes of Alevo last year, is back in the U.S. after making two senior appointments. Stephen Wiley, formerly senior director […]
Baking a “Jellyroll”: How Batteries Get Made
Every day around the globe, millions of run-of-the-mill lithium-ion batteries are cranked out. Typically these workhorses of the electronic economy are produced in cavernous, highly automated factories, quiet and soulless places with long linoleum hallways, bright fluorescent lighting, three or four stories of interconnected assembly lines, and workers scurrying around in protective masks and suits […]
Engie Acquires Genbright to Unlock More Value From Distributed Storage and Solar Portfolio
Genbright’s software matches distributed energy resources with multiple wholesale energy market opportunities. New England is a key growth target, Engie Storage CEO Chris Tilley tells GTM. Engie North America has built a big portfolio of distributed energy projects across the U.S., ranging from more than 75 megawatts of behind-the-meter battery systems from Engie Storage (formerly […]
Electric cars: are solid-state batteries the future?
Electric cars will soon cost the same to own as petrol ones – dearer to buy, cheaper to run. But range will still be a bit less and charging a bit slower. So people go looking for game-changers in those fields. Solid-state batteries get a lot of airtime. Small wonder. They replace the wet electrolyte in today’s […]
Electric Cars Are Estimated to Be Cheaper than Regular Cars by 2022
Electric cars have developed a reputation as the ultimate status symbol of the champagne environmentalist, but that could be very close to changing. New research from BloombergNEF says they could be cheaper than combustion-engine cars by 2022. Ten years ago, few would have predicted the meteoric rise of the electric vehicle industry. In 2010 the […]
Mumbai: Man who targeted bikes to steal batteries arrested
According to police, however, last week, the accused was finally nabbed when he failed to spot a CCTV camera installed outside a shop in Borivali, which helped in identifying him, leading to his arrest. POLICE HAVE arrested a 39-year-old man for allegedly stealing batteries of motorcycles, especially Bajaj Pulsars and Royal Enfields, during early morning […]
Batteries & Energy Storage: Safety, ecology, markets and technology
More than 450 suppliers of energy storage technology and energy storage systems will be represented at Europe’s largest and most international exhibition for batteries and energy storage systems and the parallel exhibitions held under the umbrella of The smarter E Europe. With over 50,000 visitors, ees Europe also offers a comprehensive accompanying program – from the ees Europe […]
Daimler Leads $170M Investment in Sila Nano’s Next-Generation Battery Tech
Traditional automakers continue to invest big money in battery technology for electric vehicles. Sila Nanotechnologies just won another $170 million of venture and corporate funding to develop advanced battery materials that improve power performance of electric vehicles and consumer electronics. The Alameda, California-based startup, founded in 2011, is looking to commercialize a new set of […]
Tesla still isn’t getting enough batteries from Panasonic
Panasonic’s pace has been an issue since the Gigafactory opened, and Tesla says demand continues to outstrip supply The supply of batteries made by Panasonic is still the “fundamental constraint” on the production of Tesla products, the company said Thursday. The electric car maker isn’t getting enough batteries from the production lines that Panasonic operates […]