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International Congress for Battery Recycling (ICBR) 2018 Wednesday, 26 September, 2018 to Friday, 28 September, 2018
EVS31 and EVTeC 2018 Sunday, 30 September, 2018 to Wednesday, 3 October, 2018
The International Energy & Power Supply Conference and Exhibition (Batteries Event) Wednesday, 3 October, 2018 to Friday, 5 October, 2018
InterBattery 2018 Wednesday, 10 October, 2018 to Friday, 12 October, 2018
EES & IBESA Summit France Wednesday, 24 October, 2018
Energy Storage Global Conference 2018 Wednesday, 24 October, 2018 to Friday, 26 October, 2018
Battery Safety 2018 Conference Tuesday, 30 October, 2018 to Wednesday, 31 October, 2018
Lithium Battery Materials & Chemistries Conference Thursday, 1 November, 2018 to Friday, 2 November, 2018
The 2nd Autonomous and Smart Vehicle Summit 2018 Monday, 5 November, 2018 to Wednesday, 7 November, 2018
International EV Batteries 2018 Tuesday, 6 November, 2018 to Wednesday, 7 November, 2018
IDTechEx Wednesday, 14 November, 2018 to Thursday, 15 November, 2018
International Battery Production Conference Wednesday, 14 November, 2018 to Friday, 16 November, 2018
Automotive 48V Power Supply Systems conference Monday, 26 November, 2018 to Thursday, 29 November, 2018
Battery & Energy Storage 2018 Tuesday, 4 December, 2018 to Wednesday, 5 December, 2018
Battery India - 2019 Saturday, 5 January, 2019 to Monday, 7 January, 2019

Dutch firm expands battery usage in renewable projects

Dutch company Alfen has developed and delivered a “mega” energy storage system featuring BMW’s lithium-ion car batteries to electric utility Nuon’s 122MW onshore Prinses Alexia wind farm at Zeewolde, in the Netherlands.

A 3MW battery storage system will gradually be expanded to 12MW, making it the “largest storage project in the Netherlands”, Alfen said.

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New owner for Alcad’s North American lead business

US industrial power supply company Mesa Technical Associates is to acquire Alcad’s lead-acid business in North America for an undisclosed sum.

Mitsui bolsters material production on batteries demand

Japanese chemicals company Mitsui has expanded production of its “ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene” for lithium-ion battery separators in response to growing demand from the automotive and industrial sectors.

Germany marks solar BESS ‘milestone’

Germany has welcomed the “milestone” installation of the country’s 100,000th grid-connected residential battery energy storage system.

Solid Power ‘to scale-up’ with investments boost

The venture capital arm of Belgium-based battery materials firm Solvay has made an equity investment in US-headquartered next-generation solid-state batteries developer Solid Power.

Envision to build China battery plant on back of Nissan deal

Shanghai-based energy group Envision has unveiled plans to build an electric vehicle battery plant in China and upgrade production facilities it has acquired following its takeover of Nissan’s international lithium-ion business.

Amara Raja to launch LIB assembly plant

Indian lead-acid battery maker Amara Raja reportedly plans to build a lithium-ion battery pack assembly plant in Andhra Pradesh in the south-east of India.

Narada’s German BESS ‘can spur closer cooperation’

Chinese battery maker Narada’s launch of its first large-scale battery storage project outside of China in Germany should spur both countries to expand technical and economic cooperation, a top Chinese diplomat has said.

Farasis Energy paves way for EU lithium cell plant

San Francisco-based lithium-ion tech company Farasis Energy is pushing ahead with plans to open a “large-scale” European lithium-ion cell production facility after securing financing “exceeding US$1 billion”.

New chapter for BESTMag as Gerry Woolf bids farewell

Editors prefer to report the news rather than make it – but it was outgoing BEST Magazine chief Gerry Woolf who made headlines last week, as he bade farewell to battery industry fans and critics alike at the European Lead Battery Conference (ELBC) in Vienna.

Mercedes’ billion euro pledge on batteries

Mercedes-Benz has announced investments of more than €1 billion (US$1.1bn) in “global battery production” in concert with the launch of its first fully-electric vehicle— the ‘EQC’.