Industry news

German firm Varta AG is taking legal action against Chinese battery manufacturers for alleged patent infringements on its lithium-ion coin cells.

Australian Vanadium (AVL) has signed an agreement with two Chinese firms that could lead to the antipodean mining firm developing a vanadium materials supply chain.

Electric vehicle OEM Tesla has been in talks with Glencore in a bid to secure a cobalt supply chain for lithium-ion battery packs used at its China gigafactory, according to reports.

Luxury car brand Rolls-Royce has upped its interest in German lithium-ion energy storage firm Quinous as it turns its focus on the microgrid market.

Basque research centre CIC energiGUNE is leading a European-wide project to develop next generation redox organic flow batteries. 

Korean firm GS E&C has announce plans to build a 120,000m² lithium-ion battery recycling facility with the goal of recovering 10,000 tonnes of materials per year.

Lead battery organisation Battery Council International (BCI) has hired its first in-house lawyer to lead regulatory and legislative efforts, it was announced on 7 January.

Battery manufacturing equipment OEMs Manz and Shenzhen Yinghe Technology have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop their lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing portfolios.

Swedish thermal energy storage developer Azelio has outlined plans to deploy about 25MW of its systems in Jordan after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with contracting firm Hussein Atieh & Sons (HAE).

Researchers in Korea claim to have developed a lithium-air battery that has a 300km driving range in an electric vehicle.