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FENIBAT 2019 Sunday, 26 May, 2019 to Tuesday, 28 May, 2019
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International Electrochemistry Conference 2019 Monday, 10 June, 2019 to Friday, 14 June, 2019
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21st International Lead Conference - Pb2019 Wednesday, 19 June, 2019 to Friday, 21 June, 2019
Global Solar + Energy Storage Congress & Expo 2019 Monday, 24 June, 2019 to Tuesday, 25 June, 2019
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International Congress for Battery Recycling Wednesday, 18 September, 2019 to Friday, 20 September, 2019
10th Annual Battery Safety Summit Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 to Friday, 25 October, 2019

SK aims to take 30% of total battery market

South Korea’s SK Innovation aims to take nearly a third of the global battery market by 2025.

The company, which also owns an oil refinery and chemicals business, has ambitious plans to expand its battery production from 4.4% market share (1.1 GWh) last year to 10% by 2020 and 30% in eight years’ time – when the rapidly-growing electric car battery market is expected to be demanding a total of 300 GWh (up from 25 GWh in 2016).

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Battery storage hybrid planned for UK ‘energy superhub’

UK companies are behind plans to install a hybrid storage system of lithium-ion and vanadium redox flow batteries at the heart of a new ‘energy superhub’ in the English city of Oxford.

Commercial start for vanadium electrolyte using novel tech in Canada

Canada’s Electrochem Technologies & Materials has started commercial production of all-vanadium equimolar electrolyte solutions directly from vanadium pentoxide purchased on the market by using a novel process.

Keppel stakes claim to batteries in deal with Envision

Singaporean conglomerate the Keppel Corporation is buying into the lithium-ion batteries business with a US$50 million minority stake in Shanghai-based energy group Envision.

Bolivia and India plan lithium supply for batteries joint venture

Bolivia and India are working on plans to set up a lithium supply chain between the countries to serve joint venture battery production plants.

Swiss investor banks on storage for California

Swiss investment manager Susi Partners has acquired a 50% share of Macquaries Green Investment Group’s portfolio of behind-the-meter lithium-ion battery storage projects in California.

EU ‘lagging behind competitors’ on battery cells

The EU is “lagging behind international competitors” in its quest to build a world-beating battery cells production industry, a report has warned.

SK Innovation building Polish battery plant

SK Innovation is to start work on a factory in Poland to manufacture lithium-ion battery separators (LiBS) and ceramic coated separators (CCS) for electric vehicle batteries in Europe.

Wolsky award goes corporate

In what looked a somewhat corporate decision, the Florida International Battery Seminar and its owners, Cambridge Enertech, have bestowed the Shep Wolsky Battery Innovator Award on a company, rather an individual— in the form of Maxwell Technologies.

Scientists warn EU against restrictions on lead

Top EU scientists have warned that proposals to restrict the use of lead in the EU risk jeopardising the bloc’s plans to expand energy storage and clean technologies.

UK and China launch virtual energy research centre

Imperial College London (ICL) and Tsinghua University are launching a virtual centre to collaborate on pioneering research into advanced energy systems.