Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The first batch of Tesla Megapacks has arrived at the site of one of Queensland’s biggest batteries yet, that is being built at a former coal generation hub south of Brisbane to store excess solar energy and help balance the local grid.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Rapid advancements in solid-state battery technology are ushering in a new era of energy storage solutions, with the potential to revolutionize everything from electric vehicles to renewable energy systems.

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Energy Storage News

MARCH 12, 2025

We hear from startup Volklec which, like another European battery company Elinor, will build its batteries with a Chinese technology and manufacturing partner. They both say this will get around the challenges that ultimately doomed Europe's first wave of battery startups, with Northvolt today declaring bankruptcy in Sweden.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The solution seemingly resides with a novel battery-health assessment technology, which the group says is intuitive and state-of-the-art. Transparency into battery health and vehicle value is fundamental to an efficient and thriving used EV market.

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Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In news from Europe’s Baltic Sea region, Latvia’s first utility-scale battery storage project has been commissioned, while Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) has entered the Finland market.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

UK-based clean technology group Altilium has launched a new online platform that offers businesses a way to sell spent EV batteries. Altilium’s Recell.store provides an online interface for UK businesses looking to sell used batteries for recycling or second-life applications. Source: Altilium

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Energy Storage News

MARCH 10, 2025

Solar PV and battery energy storage system (BESS) firm Canadian Solar has secured battery supply agreements and long-term service agreements through its subsidiary e-Storage for two US BESS projects developed by Aypa Power, in the ERCOT and California markets.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

For example, batteries capable of very high capacity energy storage have a vital part to play in the UK’s future energy infrastructure. Potentially, say the authors, batteries may have to be able to store enough energy to run entire industrial sites or to power cities or large urban conurbations.

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Charged

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Continued EV adoption hinges on several key factors: reducing costs, building a robust charging infrastructure, and designing efficient, durable battery packs with longer-range and fast-charging capabilities. However, these changes can affect structural support and complicate battery replacement, disassembly, and recycling.

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Energy Storage News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Installed battery storage capacity in California has grown from just 500MW in 2018 to more than 13,300MW at the latest count.

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TechXplore

MARCH 6, 2025

In two new studies published in ACS Energy Letters and Energy & Environmental Science, scientists in Saudi Arabia have made a breakthrough that could increase the power and lower the cost of lithium-metal batteries by incorporating nylon into the design.

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Charged

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Eecomobility, a startup that specializes in developing battery testing and monitoring software for the EV, energy storage and industrial markets, has secured seed funding from a group of investors. The EECOPower tool is applicable to battery cells, modules and packs. The EECOPower tool is applicable to battery cells, modules and packs.

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Energy Storage News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Exclusive preview and key takeaways from the Battery StorageTech Bankability Ratings Report, launched by our colleagues at PV Tech Research.

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Recycling lithium-ion batteries to recover their critical metals has significantly lower environmental impacts than mining virgin metals, according to a new Stanford University lifecycle analysis published in Nature Communications.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 2, 2025

Within a decade, Australia could become a globally competitive battery maker just as demand for energy storage grows As more and more solar and wind energy enters Australias grid, we will need ways to store it for later. We can also use flow batteries. These are a lesser-known cross between a conventional battery and a fuel cell.

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Energy Storage News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Energisation has begun at Waratah Super Battery, the energy storage project contracted as a ‘giant shock absorber’ for the grid in New South Wales, Australia.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

South Korean chemical company LG Chem has published a paper in the scientific journal Nature Communications about the development of a temperature-responsive material capable of suppressing thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The rate of grid registrations for wind, solar and battery projects has surged in the last six months, with the capacity of projects given the go-ahead to connect to the grid double that of the previous 12 months. New data released by the Australian Energy Market Operator shows that with 1.7

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BloombergNEF

DECEMBER 10, 2024

New York, December 10, 2024 Battery prices saw their biggest annual drop since 2017. Lithium-ion battery pack prices dropped 20% from 2023 to a record low of $115 per kilowatt-hour, according to analysis by research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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Charged

MARCH 10, 2025

Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina (TBMNC), Toyota’s first in-house battery manufacturing plant outside Japan, will start shipping batteries for North American EVs in April.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 24, 2024

A research team has developed a strategy to enhance the durability of lithium-rich layered oxide (LLO) material, a next-generation cathode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). This breakthrough, which significantly extends battery lifespan, was published in the journal Energy & Environmental Science.

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Energy Storage News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

India’s Reliance Industries has completed the takeover of sodium-ion battery company Faradion, while Amazon is set to trial a novel flow battery technology.

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Researchers have developed a battery that can convert nuclear energy into electricity via light emission, a new study suggests.

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Energy Storage News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Australian zinc-bromide flow battery manufacturer Redflow has ceased operations with administrators unable to find a buyer.

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Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The 1,680MWh Waratah Super Battery, which completed its energisation in early September, was called upon yesterday (27 November) to prevent widespread blackouts in New South Wales, Australia.

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

University of Leicester scientists have developed a technique for sustainably extracting valuable metals from a waste product of used batteries with a mix of water and cooking oil.

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TechXplore

MARCH 5, 2025

To support the further advancement of the electronics industry, energy researchers have been trying to develop new battery technologies that could be charged faster, power devices for a greater amount of time and have longer overall lifetimes.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

US battery technology developer Microvast has advanced the development of its all-solid-state battery (ASSB) technology. This ensures high ionic conductivity, structural stability and long-term durability, addressing a critical technical challenge in solid-state battery technology.

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Charged

JANUARY 23, 2025

German building faade cleaning firm Algenmax has converted its diesel vans to a customized VOLTSTATION CS30 mobile energy storage system from Miba Battery Systems. The battery storage system provides up to 10 hours of energy, creates more space in the van for additional equipment and optimizes the workflow thanks to bidirectional charging.

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Charged

DECEMBER 3, 2024

million grant from the U S Department of Energy to help improve the nation’s EV battery recycling ecosystem. Tennessee Tech University’s project aims to develop a mobile preprocessing hub that can be taken to local collection sites, allowing EV owners to have batteries safely disassembled and shredded on-site.

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Renew Economy

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Broken Hill has a big wind farm, a solar farm and a big battery, all of which are all looking pretty useless now. The battery, in particular, is not doing what it says on the box, and highlights industry frustration with the grid management process. The post Broken Hill has a wind farm, a solar farm and a big battery.

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Charged

DECEMBER 27, 2024

San Jose-headquartered Lyten , a manufacturer of advanced materials and sulfur-lithium batteries, plans to acquire manufacturing assets from San Leandro-headquartered Cuberg, including its lithium-metal battery manufacturing facility and cell-making equipment.

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Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A community-owned battery energy storage system (BESS) in Australia could earn up to AU$250,000 per year, writes GridBeyond Australia's solar, storage and EV regional director Stace Tzamtzidis.

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Seawater batteries represent the next generation of energy storage devices, capable of efficiently storing and discharging electricity derived from seawater. Key to their commercialization is the advancement of cost-effective catalyst materials, a challenge successfully addressed by researchers at UNIST.

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Charged

MARCH 20, 2025

Canadian producer Northern Graphite is supplying samples of three standard battery anode material (BAM) products, as well as its Porocarb material, to manufacturers of lithium-ion and solid-state batteries. The acquisition included licensing the IP to develop, produce, and sell Porocarb, a high-performance porous hard carbon material.

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Energy Storage News

JANUARY 24, 2025

Energy-Storage.news proudly presents our sponsored webinar with Trina Storage, ‘From Risk to Resilience: Enhancing Safety in Battery Energy Storage Systems.’ Join us for an in-depth webinar as Trina Storage […]

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Energy Storage News

JANUARY 15, 2025

A project combining solar generation and battery storage to provide 1GW of round-the-clock dispatchable power was unveiled at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW).

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