SaskPower’s first-ever utility-scale battery energy storage system will support their plans to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Joel Cherry, spokesperson for SaskPower explains how the storage system will work. “So what the battery energy storage system will do is provide storage for energy to help us balance our power system when we see demand spikes. Importantly, […]
Electric vehicle market share set to exceed 50% from 2033, battery demand to plateau at 20 TWh in mid-2040s
The market penetration of electric vehicles is increasing rapidly as a result of the accelerating energy transition, and demand for batteries is expected to skyrocket going forward for both transportation and grid storage. Rystad Energy’s latest Energy Transition Report reveals that the share of EVs in global new passenger car sales is set to quadruple […]
SaskPower to build province’s first battery energy storage system in Regina
The project is projected to cost an estimated $26 million. SaskPower announced that it will be building the province’s first-ever battery energy storage system in the northeast part of Regina, to support the power grid and developing renewable energy sources. “The battery system will be the first of its kind in Saskatchewan and serve as […]
India’s ‘first grid-connected community energy storage system’ inaugurated in Delhi
A lithium-ion battery energy storage system that has been switched on in Rani Bagh, Delhi, will serve multiple applications and could pave the way for adoption of smarter energy networks based on renewable energy across India. The battery system is relatively small by the standards of some of the grid-scale systems that are starting to […]
Research breakthrough for structural energy storage
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have produced a structural energy storage battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. It contains carbon fibre that serves simultaneously as an electrode, conductor, and load-bearing material. Their latest research breakthrough paves the way for essentially ’massless’ energy storage in vehicles and other technology. […]
TPDDL ties up with SUN Mobility to set up a network of battery swap points for EVs
New Delhi: Tata Power joint venture firm Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL) on Thursday announced its partnership with SUN Mobility to set up a network of ”Battery Swap Points” across North and North-West Delhi. Tata Power-DDL, India”s leading power distribution utility serving a populace of 7 million in Delhi, has partnered with SUN Mobility, […]
IPower Batteries bags award for Prestigious brand of Asia in Rising Category: Lithium-Ion Batteries
Delhi: Pioneers and leading manufacturers of clean and green batteries in the country- IPower Batteries has been awarded the Prestigious Brands of Asia in Rising category: Lithium-Ion Batteries for the year 2021 for their innovative and clean battery products with record capacity manufacturing. The company also has pan-India after sales service with over 200+ sales […]
Volkswagen-backed Northvolt charges up: ‘We want to build the world’s greenest battery’
Northvolt’s head of battery systems, Emad Zand, explains to Recharge how the start-up plans to scale-up its storage systems production Swedish start-up Northvolt last month declared it would build Europe’s largest factory for energy storage systems in Gdansk, Poland, by next year. Emad Zand, the company’s president of battery systems, speaks with Recharge about how […]
IOC, Israeli firm form JV to to manufacture metal-air batteries for EVs
New Delhi: State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Israeli battery developer Phinergy on Wednesday formalised a joint venture to manufacture ultra-lightweight metal-air batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), a venture that got its first customers in Maruti Suzuki and Ashok Leyland. The equal joint venture will replace lithium with aluminum to make batteries that will charge […]
Renault sees its electric, hybrid car sales doubling in 2021
Renault developed electric cars earlier than many rivals, but a major push across the industry has altered the field The group aims to make 30% of sales for the Renault brand from fully electric cars by 2025, with another 35% from hybrid models France’s Renault expects its sales of electric and hybrid cars to more […]