Mere weeks after first revealing details of its new fast-charging ShenXing LFP battery technology CATL has shared some insight to where and when production will begin. Soon, CATL intends to move ShenXing battery production to two separate territories in Europe, but is being less candid about what local automakers might soon be adapting the long […]
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Embodied carbon in buildings: A new frontier in greenhouse gas reduction
In October this year the new Sustainable Buildings State Environmental Planning Policy will require architects and developers in NSW to start measuring the embodied carbon in their designs as Australia seeks to transition to a low-carbon built environment. Associate Professor Philip Oldfield, head of UNSW’s School of Built Environment in the Faculty of Arts, Design […]
Non-lithium long-duration battery to join Salt River Project
Salt River Project (SRP), a not-for-profit energy company serving more than 1.1 million people in the Phoenix area of central Arizona and CMBlu Energy, a designer and manufacturer of long-duration Organic SolidFlow energy storage systems, announced plans for a pilot project to deploy long-duration energy storage (LDES). The 5 MW, 10-hour-duration Desert Blume project will […]
Researchers upcycle degraded cathodes to create high-performance lithium-ion batteries
In a study published in Advanced Energy Materials, a research team led by Prof. Zhang Yunxia from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a solid-phase sintering strategy to enable direct conversion of the degraded LiCoO2 (D-LCO) into the high energy density cathode materials. With the impending influx of […]
Hyundai and LG to spend an extra $2B on their US EV battery plant
Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) are going to inject an additional $2 billion into their $4.3 billion US EV battery factory. Carmaker Hyundai and lithium-ion battery maker LGES signed a memorandum of understanding at LGES’s headquarters in Seoul in May. The two companies will 50/50 open their EV battery plant in Bryan […]
Nissan is reusing the batteries from old Leaf electric vehicles to make portable power sources
Batteries in older Nissan Leaf electric vehicles are getting a new life as portable power sources that can be used to run gadgets on the go or deliver emergency power in disasters. Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. has sold more than 650,000 Leaf EVs. Their batteries often retain a charging capacity longer than the car’s […]
Redwood Materials lands $1B to boost its battery recycling efforts
Redwood Materials needs a lot of money to scale up its plans to supply U.S. demand for lithium-ion batteries with recycled metals and materials. On Tuesday, the startup founded by Tesla co-founder and former CTO JB Straubel got a big chunk of that funding, landing more than $1 billion in venture investment. Tuesday’s Series D […]
Researchers develop flexible, multi-layered coloring transparent electrode
A research team led by Dr. Jung-dae Kwon from the Department of Energy & Electronic Materials at the Korea Institute of Materials Science has succeeded in realizing the world’s first transparent thin-film solar cell on a flexible substrate that exhibits different reflective colors and does not significantly reduce the solar cell’s efficiency. The research results […]
Honda is still trying to make its swappable electric motorbike batteries a thing
The field of swappable batteries for electric motorbikes is booming, and Honda is trying to play catch up with its own design. The Honda Mobile Power Pack e: (MPPe:) is headed to Indonesia as the company makes a play for greater international market share. The Honda MPPe: is a Gogoro-style swappable motorbike battery that even […]
BESS: The charged debate over battery energy storage systems
Huge battery storage plants could soon become a familiar sight across the UK, with hundreds of applications currently lodged with councils. In one corner of West Yorkshire locals are fighting plans to site two facilities within a mile of their homes. They cite concerns over the safety and environmental impact of the technology but the […]
