Industry news

Australia-listed lithium developer Infinity Lithium has said its San José project in Spain has been tipped to become a “cornerstone” of the European Battery Alliance (EBA).

International commercial property insurer FM Global has released new fire protection guidelines to combat increased incidences of energy storage system fires.

UK-based storage provider Highview Power has unveiled what it says is the world’s first modular giga-scale cryogenic battery.

Inzi Controls, a South Korean automotive company, is to build an electric vehicles battery plant in Hungary.

The Hammond Group has appointed Ray Goodearl to director of global sales — leading the firm’s sales efforts in performance additives to support international battery manufacturing.

Swiss battery metals investor Blackstone Resources said it is forming an international research team that will develop and test “new solid-state battery technologies”.

The German city of Münster has been chosen to host a new national battery production research factory, in the country’s quest to increase its “competitive edge” in the global electrochemical storage technology market.

The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) is to invest CNY10 billion (US$1.5bn) in building a new lithium battery plant in the country.

Germany could help finance three separate corporate alliances for the domestic production of battery cells for Europe’s growing electric vehicle market, according to the country’s economy minister.

US battery manufacturer Exide Technologies has expansion in its sights after completing “comprehensive” new financing and recapitalisation of the business.