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Batteries & Chargers

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…

Belgium’s biggest battery park set to open in 2021

EStor-Lux is set to establish Belgium’s largest battery park in Bastogne in a partnership with Centrica Business Solutions which will be responsible for the operating and enhancing the revenue received from the batteries.

The battery park will function as a virtual power plant, making efficient use of the available supply on the high-voltage grid and discharging the power when demand threatens to outstrip supply.

The 10MW/20MWh battery is under construction by EStor-Lux ( a joint venture between Rent-a-Port, Idelux, Socofe and SRIW) and will be the first battery park of its kind in the…

Lotus Engineering to launch new battery test facilities to support booming electric vehicle (EV) sector

Lotus Engineering is launching a pilot containerised battery testing facility to assess energy storage solutions for the booming EV sector.

It will allow Lotus Engineering to carry out various battery cell, module and pack characterisation tests, performance evaluations, and component and lifetime testing under controlled conditions. Early feasibility study support and validation of mature designs for implementation into new vehicles will also be available.

The project has been named BattCon, an abbreviation of Battery Containerised Test Facility. The ‘containers’ are individual…

DEPENDABLE BATTERY TESTING MADE EASIER

Test sets in the TORKEL 900 range from Megger offer a convenient and dependable way of determining the true capacity of storage battery installations of the type frequently used in critical standby power applications.

Suitable for use with battery systems from 12 V to 300 V, the new instruments use the discharge testing method, which is universally recognised as giving results that are accurate and reliable.

The TORKEL 900 range currently includes two models, the TORKEL 930, which can operate with discharge currents up to 220 A, and the TORKEL 910, which has a maximum discharge current…

MRI scanning assists with next generation battery design

Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI) can provide an effective way of supporting the development of the next generation of high-performance rechargeable batteries, according to research led by the University of Birmingham.

The technique, which was developed to detect the movement and deposition of sodium metal ions within a sodium battery, will enable faster evaluation of new battery materials, and help to accelerate this type of battery’s route to market.

Sodium batteries are widely recognised as a promising candidate to replace lithium ion batteries, currently widely used in devices such…

GS Yuasa supply vital batteries to NHS Nightingale hospitals in fight against Coronavirus

Battery manufacturer GS Yuasa are pleased to be able to contribute to the fight against Coronavirus by supplying power to the NHS Nightingale hospitals and other key medical projects.

Since the beginning of the outbreak, GS Yuasa have supplied Yuasa-branded Uninterruptible Power Supply ( UPS) system batteries to the new NHS Nightingale hospitals, including London, Birmingham Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow and Newcastle, which will treat COVID-19 patients. The largest hospital at The ExCel Centre received its first patients recently and has the capacity to expand to up to 4, 000 beds.

IONITY EXPANDS ITS UK NETWORK WITH CLASS-LEADING HIGH-POWER CHARGING STATION AT NEW LEEDS SKELTON LAKE SERVICES

IONITY in conjunction with the Extra MSA Group has expanded its UK network with a 350kW High-Power Charging station for electric vehicles at Extra’s recently constructed ‘new concept’ Leeds Skelton Lake Services, located on the M1 J45 east of Leeds.

Drivers can now charge their electric cars in less than 20 minutes depending on their vehicle’s charging capacity using renewable

energy from the IONITY High Power Charging points. Leeds Skelton Lake is IONITY’s fourth station to be launched in the UK with seven others planned to follow in 2020 in co-operation with Extra MSA Group - each with the…

Largest battery-based energy storage project to be built in France

Total is launching a battery-based energy storage project in Mardyck, at the Flandres Center, in Dunkirk’s port district. With a storage capacity of 25 megawatt hours ( MWh) and output of 25MW of power, the new lithium-ion energy storage system will be the largest in France.

It will be used to provide fast reserve services to support the stability of the French power grid. It is part of government policy to support the development of electrical capacity through capacity mechanisms.

Scheduled for commissioning in late 2020, the new storage system, which represents an investment of…

Innovative modular portable PV system leading Powerstar R&D drive

An innovative new project being delivered by Powerstar could produce the first modulated portable solar photovoltaic ( PV) inverter with battery energy storage as early as 2023.

The modular system, which is currently being developed by product development engineer, Dr Olivia Zeng, includes a foldable PV panel, and is expected to be the first of its kind in the UK.

Anticipated to use a panel as small as a sheet of A3 paper when deployed, the 100-200W PV inverter has been developed specifically for the consumer market, with a range of modules available to simply switch in and out for a…