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Batteries & Chargers

Nexeon to Lead New £1.5 Million SABRE Battery Project

Nexeon - the company developing advanced silicon materials for next generation lithium ion batteries - has had funding approved by Innovate UK for a significant new collaborative research initiative.

The £1. 5 million Silicon Anode Battery for Rapid Electrification ( SABRE) project will develop battery cells with higher energy density, in response to the demand for increased EV driving range.

The SABRE project has been awarded funding from the Faraday Battery Challenge at UK Research and Innovation, and Nexeon will work with its partners, Britishvolt and University College London ( UCL)…

New storage battery courses go live to power green revolution

An accredited course for installers about how to specify and fit renewable battery storage technology has gone live, thanks to a new partnership between pioneering battery specialists AceOn and training provider GTEC.

The Telford-based company signed a deal earlier this year with Yorkshire-based GTEC to deliver industry-accredited training for its customers and clients in installing renewable electrical energy storage systems.

AceOn founder Mark Thompson said the partnership was a major step forward in providing the skills needed to deliver the green revolution promised by Boris Johnson in…

Japanese Ambassador visits GS Yuasa plant to see multi-million pound investment plans

Japanese Ambassador to the UK, Hayashi Hajime, visited global battery manufacturer GS Yuasa’s factory in Ebbw Vale on Friday 9 July as part of an official two-day visit to Wales to celebrate the strong connections between the two countries.

During the visit, Hayashi Hajime toured the plant, which is owned by the Japanese based corporation and celebrated its 40th anniversary earlier this year, seeing first-hand how industrial batteries are produced by the 360 strong workforce.

The ambassador also toured a new state-of-the-art lithium-ion module assembly line which has been installed as…

EDF and Zenobe announce agreement to optimise one of Europe’s largest batteries

Zenobe, the UK’s leading independent owner and operator of battery storage, has selected EDF as the company’s trading and optimisation partner for a new 100MW battery.

The battery will be located at Capenhurst, near Chester, and will be the largest transmission-connected battery storage project in Europe. The announcement of this partnership follows several months of cooperation between the two teams working on the project.

Zenobe and EDF are among the main players in this sector; Zenobe currently has 175MW of operational grid-scale battery capacity and is on track to have 1GW of battery…

AMTE Power signs agreement with InfraNomics to create joint venture, Bardan Cells

AMTE Power ( https: //amtepower. com/) , the UK based lithium ion cell developer and InfraNomics ( https: //www. infranomics. com. au/) , an Australian infrastructure developer have signed a Heads of Terms agreement that gives further details on the two companies intent to work together. This follows its previous MOU announcement, which was signed on 15th September 2020.

The joint venture, which will be based in Western Australia, will see the companies form a new business with shared ownership, Bardan Cells Pty Ltd.

In a joint statement, the companies have announced their intention…

Enphase Launches Encharge Battery Storage System In Germany

Enphase Energy, Inc. , a global energy management technology company and the world’s leading supplier of microinverter-based solar-plus-storage systems, today announced the launch of its Encharge battery storage system in Germany, the product’s first expansion into a market outside of the United States.

The Encharge battery storage system offers configurations ranging from 3. 5kWh to 42kWh, along with the option to upgrade and expand through the lifetime of the system. The introduction of battery storage to Enphase’s existing microinverter business in Germany will help meet installer…

Quality control under the microscope: Why battery manufacturers need to embrace laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)

Written by Dr Kay Scheffler, Dr Konstantin Kartaschew, and Dr James DeRose, Leica Microsystems

The global lithium-ion ( Li-Ion) battery market was valued at US$ 32. 9 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate ( CAGR) of 13. 0% from 2020 to 2027 [ 1] . Fast-rising demand for electric vehicles is one of the market’s main drivers, but there are other hotspots of growth, including the rise in renewable energy installations, such as photovoltaic panels, and greater acceptance of Li-Ion batteries for use in various devices across the medical sector, as well…

Future of electric car battery technology

EV technology has grown at an enormous rate over recent years. The UK is banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, therefore, there is going to be more focus on the development of electric cars and their batteries.

With advances in technology, EVs available nowadays are already one step ahead of conventional IC cars in terms of performance and efficiency. With such capabilities, researchers are still relentlessly working on current aspects of EVs to make them more affordable, practical, and desirable.

As with standard cars, one of the most crucial elements is their engine, and…

GS Yuasa batteries installed in ground-breaking Portsmouth Port electric vehicle charging station

Portsmouth International Port now has the capability to power electric vehicles at a green and cost-effective rate thanks to the world’s leading battery manufacturer, GS Yuasa. Expert engineers have successfully installed their industry leading lead acid and lithium-ion batteries into a cutting-edge dual chemical battery system.

After months of planning and construction at GS Yuasa’s factory in Ebbw Vale, Wales, the company’s technicians installed specialist racking, custom built equipment, 240 Yuasa ENL batteries and a lithium-ion energy storage cabinet into a containerised 20-foot…

VINATech finishes new factory for hydrogen fuel cell materials

This new factory will be based in Wanju, South Korea, located nearby to VINATech’s main Super Capacitor and R&D Centre in Jeon-Ju.

The latest site will be producing Fuel Cell materials for the fast growing Mobile and Stationary Markets which are considered the premier methods to solving the Global Net Zero carbon emissions targets.

Demands for Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology is ramping at a significant rate to meet the Global demands. VINATech have been developing their patented carbon based materials since 2002 and following a positive IPO on the KOSADQ stock market in Q3 have already…