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About ESPL

Welcome to the Home Page of Energy Storage Publishing Ltd (ESPL). We produce two magazine titles and one fortnightly news briefing of direct relevance to the global battery industry. Batteries and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) magazine is the world's leading publication on battery manufacture and design and the emerging field of large scale electrical energy storage. If you make or use rechargeable battery systems for automotive, telecom, standby or a host of other applications, BEST magazine is a must-read for you. If you are a supplier to this market, it is the place to promote your products and services. Launched in 2003, BEST magazine covers developments in all battery chemistries from lead-acid to lithium-ion. Its editorial team reports from all the major technical conferences and exhibitions in this field and is recognised as the BEST source for keeping up with major industry developments. Chinese BEST, its sister publication, was launched in 2010 to make the editorial excellence of BEST available in Mandarin to the burgeoning Chinese battery industry. It is fast becoming a must read technical journal in China. Critical Power Online takes Energy Storage Publishing’s unique experience in electrochemical understanding to the world of batteries, gensets and UPS systems. With daily news from the industry and a fortnightly briefing sent directly to your mailbox with features and interviews, Critical Power Online has the market and technology covered. Whether you're looking for the latest information on battery developments in hybrid and electric cars or safety issues concerning batteries used in cellular phones and laptop computers, you'll find the answers in our pages. If you are looking for new machinery, materials or technology to make batteries, you'll read about it in our pages first.

Publisher's Blog

Apple Electric Car? B*ll*cks !

Short of a definitive announcement from the company, you can take all the stories about Apple coming up with electric car any time soon as total bollocks and a figment of a flaccid and useless mainstream press adding up one and one and making it 27.

The editor’s take

AABC: Lead is far from dead again and nobody else is making money!
There’s a plethora of hybrid, pure electrics and plug in electrics now available from German manufacturers— more than 60 variants but nobody is buying— well not in any serious numbers…

Upcoming Events

International Conference on Lithium Batteries Monday, 9 March, 2015 to Tuesday, 10 March, 2015
International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES) Monday, 9 March, 2015 to Wednesday, 11 March, 2015
32nd International Battery Seminar & Exhibit Monday, 9 March, 2015 to Thursday, 12 March, 2015
2015 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition Saturday, 14 March, 2015 to Thursday, 19 March, 2015
8th Developer Forum Battery Technologies Tuesday, 24 March, 2015 to Thursday, 26 March, 2015
Interbat 2015 Wednesday, 25 March, 2015 to Friday, 27 March, 2015
15th International Automobile Recycling Congress IARC 2015 Wednesday, 25 March, 2015 to Friday, 27 March, 2015
4th Annual Southeast Clean Power Summit Monday, 30 March, 2015 to Tuesday, 31 March, 2015
Intersolar China Wednesday, 1 April, 2015 to Friday, 3 April, 2015
ILAB Europe 2015 Wednesday, 15 April, 2015 to Friday, 17 April, 2015
Graphene Applications World Europe 2015 Thursday, 16 April, 2015 to Friday, 17 April, 2015
Next Generation Batteries 2015 Tuesday, 21 April, 2015 to Wednesday, 22 April, 2015
International Lead Conference Pb2015 Wednesday, 22 April, 2015 to Friday, 24 April, 2015
Grid Transformation Summit 2015 Monday, 27 April, 2015 to Wednesday, 29 April, 2015
Energy Storage World Forum Monday, 27 April, 2015 to Thursday, 30 April, 2015
Advanced Battery Power 2015 Monday, 27 April, 2015 to Wednesday, 29 April, 2015
BCI 2015 Sunday, 3 May, 2015 to Wednesday, 6 May, 2015
EVS28 Sunday, 3 May, 2015 to Wednesday, 6 May, 2015
International Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition Sunday, 3 May, 2015 to Wednesday, 6 May, 2015
Battcon 2015 Tuesday, 12 May, 2015 to Thursday, 14 May, 2015
Critical Power 2015 Wednesday, 13 May, 2015 to Thursday, 14 May, 2015
5th Israeli Power Sources conference Wednesday, 20 May, 2015 to Thursday, 21 May, 2015
The 10th International Lead Battery Fair Wednesday, 20 May, 2015 to Friday, 22 May, 2015
Australian Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition Wednesday, 3 June, 2015 to Thursday, 4 June, 2015
Electrical Energy Storage 2015 Wednesday, 10 June, 2015 to Friday, 12 June, 2015
AABC International 2015 Monday, 15 June, 2015 to Friday, 19 June, 2015
Global Automotive Components and Suppliers Expo 15 Tuesday, 16 June, 2015 to Thursday, 18 June, 2015
Alber Stationary Battery Basics Seminar Tuesday, 23 June, 2015 to Wednesday, 24 June, 2015
Intersolar North America Monday, 13 July, 2015 to Thursday, 16 July, 2015
Electrochemical Energy Conversion & Storage Sunday, 26 July, 2015 to Friday, 31 July, 2015
The Battery Show Tuesday, 15 September, 2015 to Thursday, 17 September, 2015
Innovative SMART GRID Technologies Latin America Monday, 5 October, 2015 to Wednesday, 7 October, 2015
Batteries 2015 Wednesday, 7 October, 2015 to Friday, 9 October, 2015

Current Editions

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Latest Battery Industry News

Just add water for emergency back up

It hardly seems like we’re weeks away from the fourth anniversary of the Fukishima nuclear disaster following the Tsunami in March 2011, but it is far from erased from the Japanese psyche as visitors to the Smart Energy show in Tokyo (incorporating battery Japan) would have noticed.

Imergy to move into lead-acid and Li-ion market

California-based Imergy has announced its intention to muscle in on the lead-acid and lithium-ion Energy Storage System (ESS) sector with its latest product.

NATEL moving into lithium-ion battery market

Jonathan D. Davis, Vice President of Corporate Development at NATEl

American electronics manufacturer NATEL EMS is moving into the battery business after creating a new facility to handle lithium-ion module manufacturing in Chatsworth, California.