Industry news

Lead battery materials firm ArcActive has been awarded the 2020 Sally Breidegam Miksiewicz Innovation Award during the Battery Council International’s (BCI) virtual conference on 27 April.

Six new members have been welcomed to the U.S. Energy Storage Association (ESA) after the national trade association for the American energy storage industry held an electronic voting round.

Scientists from Russia’s Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) have created a metal-ion cathode material based on titanium fluoride phosphate.

US energy storage firm Ameresco has completed the initial phase of a three-stage investigation into how flow batteries can support, and possiby replace, diesel generators in microgrid applications.

German manufacturer Tesvolt is supplying 2MWh of its lithium-ion energy storage systems to Europe’s largest electric car charging park in the German state of Hilden.

UK sodium-ion manufacturer Faradion is set to ship its batteries to Australia after securing an order from ICM Australia. 

Power generation firm Vistra Energy is increasing the size of its battery energy storage project located at the site of its 40-year-old Oakland Power Plant by more than 80%.

Honda Motor Europe is expanding its partnership with French company SNAM (Société Nouvelle d’Affinage des Métaux) to include the collection and recycling of lithium-ion and nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries.

Scientists at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a cathode they claim will increase the performance capabilities of lithium-sulfur batteries.

Global lithium-ion battery maker CATL is extending its joint venture partnership with lead-acid UPS manufacturer Shenzhen Kstar Science & Technology by building new production lines at their battery manufacturing facilities in China.