RWE Renewables’ first European battery energy storage system (BESS) – an 8.5MWh project – has gone live in Dublin, Ireland. The battery is set to provide balancing services to the Irish grid to help it integrate increased renewable energy, with a target of 70% of electricity demand to be met by renewables by 2030. Located […]
Toyota to launch 15 battery electric vehicles by 2025
The company will increase its number of electric models to around 70 from currently offered 55, it said in a statement. Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday it will introduce 15 battery electric vehicle (BEV) models globally by 2025, expanding the automaker’s electric vehicle lineup to achieve carbon neutrality before 2050. The company will increase […]
LG Energy Solution Commits To 100% Renewable Electricity
South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution has announced it is among the newest members of the RE100. RE100 is an international campaign that was started The Climate Group in partnership with CDP back in 2014 to encourage big companies to commit to 100% renewables-based electricity. LG Energy Solution says its manufacturing facilities in Poland […]
Lithium-ion battery maker Lohum to invest up to Rs 250 crore in three years on capacity expansion
The current capacity of the company is approximately 300 megawatt-hours per annum and in terms of units per day it translates into about 200-250 units a day. New Delhi: Lithium-ion battery pack manufacturer and recycling company Lohum plans to invest up to Rs 250 crore in the next three years to enhance its capacity with […]
GM expected to announce Tennessee battery plant on Friday
The Detroit automaker has scheduled a news conference Friday morning in Nashville with CEO Mary Barra, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and senior leaders from LG Energy Solutions NASHVILLE, Tenn: General Motors is expected to announce Friday that one of its joint ventures will build a second U.S. electric vehicle battery factory in Spring Hill, Tennessee. […]
Leybold supports manufacturers in the development of battery technologies
The strategic role of vacuum technology in the development of electric mobility. Vacuum technology is relevant to the quality and safety of various stages in the production of lithium-ion batteries. The vacuum specialists at Leybold have been supporting manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries in their processes and technological challenges for many years and, as such, have […]
How IIT research may improve lithium-ion battery performance
Researchers from IIT Guwahati have developed a technique which can precisely estimate one of the most important battery internal states known as SOC, short for state of charge. Researchers from IIT Guwahati have developed a technique to improve the performance of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which power most of the portable devices used today. Their findings […]
Apple to build battery-based solar energy storage facility in California
Planned energy storage facility in California is Apple’s latest step towards eliminating carbon emissions from its supply chain by 2030. Apple Inc has announced that it’s building a battery-based renewable energy storage facility in Central California. The new plant will be located next to an existing solar energy installation which already provides energy for all […]
Hydro-Quebec Unit to Deploy 20 MWh Battery Energy Storage System
The system will be deployed in the municipality of Parent as part of the work being carried out on a transmission line and will supply the region’s residential and commercial customers for the entire duration of the work EVLO Energy Storage Inc. announced today that it will deploy a 4-MW / 20-MWh battery energy storage […]
Electric vehicle battery firms settle trade spat
LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation reached the settlement, ending the need for President Joe Biden to intervene in the dispute. The US International Trade Commission decided in February that SK stole 22 trade secrets from LG Energy Two big South Korean electric vehicle battery makers have settled a long-running trade dispute that will allow […]