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The 4th Asia (Guangzhou) Battery Sourcing Fair 2019 Friday, 16 August, 2019 to Sunday, 18 August, 2019
Electrical Energy Storage South America Tuesday, 27 August, 2019 to Thursday, 29 August, 2019
Battery Show North America Tuesday, 10 September, 2019 to Thursday, 12 September, 2019
International Congress for Battery Recycling Wednesday, 18 September, 2019 to Friday, 20 September, 2019
The ESA Storage Exchange Tuesday, 15 October, 2019 to Wednesday, 16 October, 2019
Batteries Event 2019 Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 to Thursday, 24 October, 2019
Battery Technology Show Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 to Wednesday, 23 October, 2019
10th Annual Battery Safety Summit Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 to Friday, 25 October, 2019
Advanced Automotive Battery Conference Asia Monday, 28 October, 2019 to Thursday, 31 October, 2019
Energy Storage North America Tuesday, 5 November, 2019 to Thursday, 7 November, 2019
EES India— part of Intersolar India Wednesday, 27 November, 2019 to Friday, 29 November, 2019
Battery & Energy Storage 2019 Wednesday, 4 December, 2019 to Thursday, 5 December, 2019
CTI Symposium Monday, 9 December, 2019 to Thursday, 12 December, 2019
10th Advanced Automotive Battery Conference Europe Sunday, 12 January, 2020 to Thursday, 16 January, 2020
Energy Storage Europe Tuesday, 10 March, 2020 to Thursday, 12 March, 2020

Batteries give US Navy electric punch

K2 Energy secured an $81.4m order from the US Navy

Developer and manufacturer of lithium-iron phosphate battery technology K2 Energy has secured an $81.4m order for an intermediate battery storage system for an US Navy rail gun project.

The lithium-iron phosphate battery is aimed to power the large modular capacitor bank of the electromagnetic rail gun.

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Australia pumped for first grid-scale compressed air storage facility

Amid the flurry of lithium-ion and virtual power plant projects in Australia, compressed air storage firm Hydrostor has quietly gained governmental approval to deliver a 5MW/10MWh compressed air energy storage facility in the country.

Latin America demonstrates region’s first V2G system with Nissan EV

A vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project to test the ability of OEM Nissan’s LEAF electric vehicle to both charge and supply power to a building has begun in Santiago, Chile.

Hammond announces new additives to boost EFB performance

As series of additives designed to increase the performance capabilities of enhanced flooded lead-acid batteries has been launched by US speciality chemical firm Hammond Group.

AI firm enters FTM meter energy storage market in US

California-based Stem has teamed up with US private equity company Syncarpha Capital to build 28MWh of artificial intelligence-driven energy storage plus 26MW solar capacity in Massachusetts, US.

Georgia Power to own and operate 80MW ESS capacity to meet renewables goal

Power utility Georgia Power has been given the green light to charge ahead with plans to own and operate 80MW of battery energy storage in the southeast US state.

Grid-scale ESS test centre opens with flow battery project

Flow battery systems are to be the first energy storage technology evaluated at a new research centre in the US state of Alabama.

Tata reveal plans for Indian gigafactory as government steps up EV goals

The Tata Group has reportedly pledged INR4,000 crore (US$600 million) towards building a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Gujarat, India.

CATL and Toyota finalise lithium-ion EV battery partnership

China battery making giant Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) will supply lithium-ion batteries to Japanese vehicle OEM Toyota following confirmation of a partnership between the two firms on 17 July.

China rejects lead waste shipment in crackdown

China has sent back a 150-ton shipment of sludge derived from recycled lead-acid batteries as part of its new policy to ban imports of global waste.

Plans for one of Europe’s biggest Li-ion ESS given the green light

Ireland could be home to one of the world’s biggest lithium-ion energy storage systems after planning permission to build a 100MW facility in Galway County, Ireland, was granted to power company Engie Developments Ireland, part of the French-owned Engie Group.