Operated by North East tech firm Hyperdrive Innovation, the new facility will be capable of producing up to 30,000 packs a year North East clean tech innovator Hyperdrive is opening a major new battery manufacturing facility in Sunderland today, built to meet surging demand for electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage systems. Hyperdrive, a leading […]
Blackstone Resources to Build World-Class Solid-State Battery
BAAR, Switzerland: Blackstone Resources AG (SWX: BLS) has teamed up with several strategic partners from Germany, Belgium, Poland and Austria, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. It has started to build and will finance its own research team with these partners. These include research specialists from a number of disciplines that are based at the Fraunhofer […]
Georgia Power wants to own and operate 80MW of battery ESS to ‘maximise value of renewables’
Utility Georgia Power wants to own and operate 80MW of battery energy storage systems in its service area, building on the state’s early recent steps to investigate the value of storage both in front of and behind the electricity meter. Georgia Power has just made a request to raise residential rates in order to invest […]
Charge and discharge cycles are a meaningless metric, SolarEdge founder says
The way the industry talks about batteries needs to change, SolarEdge founder Lior Handelsman has said, arguing that knowing the number of cycles of charge and discharge a battery can perform in its lifetime is essentially “meaningless”. The company’s frequently outspoken VP of marketing and product strategy spoke with Energy-Storage.news at SolarEdge’s main R&D centre […]
Need to focus on grid-connected storage policy for investment in battery technology: Experts
Power sector experts Thursday stressed the need for announcing a 100 GW grid-connected storage programme that will help India attract investments in battery technology space. The views came forth at a conference in the national capital. The experts and industry players were on the same page for India taking lead over other countries in setting […]
Need to focus on grid-connected storage policy for investment in battery technology: Experts
Power sector experts Thursday stressed the need for announcing a 100 GW grid-connected storage programme that will help India attract investments in battery technology space. The views came forth at a conference in the national capital. The experts and industry players were on the same page for India taking lead over other countries in setting […]
Battery developer Nano One awarded contract from carmaker
Canadian battery developer Nano One Materials has signed an agreement with an unnamed international OEM. Nano One is working on a research project with Volkswagen, among others. The value of the purchase order is 550,000 Canadian dollars (around 370,000 euros), according to the company. Both companies intend to jointly evaluate processes and innovative cathode raw […]
‘The biggest puzzle to be solved today is the battery’
Altair’s MD dwells on the many simulation tools for EV manufacturers The key to electric vehicles (EVs) taking off in a big way lies in the battery, according to Altair. The technology company provides simulation solutions to various industries, including EV manufacturers. Vishwanath Rao, Managing Director, feels that the “battery problem” needs to be addressed […]
Government proposes exemption of registration fees for battery operated electric vehicles
Top sources in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said that the move is to provide a boost to battery-operated or electric vehicles in the country. The ministry has kickstarted the exercise to bring in differential registration fees under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. HIGHLIGHTS The government has been trying to promote the […]
Inside Germany’s €1 billion battery fund
The German Government has earmarked around €1bn to support battery cell production at home and in Europe as part of a bold bid to take 30% of global market share by 2030. But can the investment successfully wrestle production away from dominant Asian competitors? Heidi Vella finds out. As electric car sales continue to grow […]