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Welcome to the Home Page of Energy Storage Publishing Ltd (ESPL). 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. If you are looking for new machinery, materials or technology to make batteries, you'll read about it in our pages first. We also send out, in English and Mandarin, a weekly news briefing that is a roundup of the most important news stories relating to the battery industry.

Publisher's Blog

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Upcoming Events

231st Eletro Chemical Society Meeting Sunday, 28 May, 2017 to Friday, 2 June, 2017
ees Europe Tuesday, 30 May, 2017 to Friday, 2 June, 2017
International Conference on Lead-Acid Batteries - LABAT’2017 Tuesday, 13 June, 2017 to Friday, 16 June, 2017
17th Annual Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) Monday, 19 June, 2017 to Thursday, 22 June, 2017
International Flow Battery Forum Tuesday, 27 June, 2017 to Thursday, 29 June, 2017
20th International Lead Conference Wednesday, 28 June, 2017 to Friday, 30 June, 2017
Intersolar North America Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 to Thursday, 13 July, 2017
The Battery Show 2017 Tuesday, 12 September, 2017 to Thursday, 14 September, 2017
5th International Secondary Lead Conference Monday, 18 September, 2017 to Tuesday, 19 September, 2017
17th Asian Battery Conference and Exhibition (17ABC) Tuesday, 19 September, 2017 to Friday, 22 September, 2017
Energy Storage Technology & Application Convention India 2017 Monday, 25 September, 2017 to Wednesday, 27 September, 2017

Current Editions

Latest Battery Industry News

Massive increase in car-battery failures

The demands put on lead-acid batteries by modern cars is causing a massive increase in failures.

Aqua Metals prepares for ‘explosive growth’

Aqua Metals, the US start-up which aims to commercialise a water-based process for recycling lead-acid batteries, is preparing for “explosive growth in 2018”.

Batteries beaten by ‘campfire’ generator

Two new battery systems were beaten to the top spot in an international energy and sustainability competition by a hand-held thermoelectric generator that converts excess heat from any stove or fire into useable electricity.