Gresham House Energy Storage Fund and flexible energy specialist Flexitricity have announced that the UK’s largest battery is now live. Edinburgh based Flexitricity is optimising the Gresham House c.50MW / 75MWh battery, located in Thurcroft, South Yorkshire, generating revenue for the site while helping National Grid ESO balance supply and demand. The asset went live […]
Tesla Moves Into U.K. Homes With New Solar Power Tariff
Customers need to install a Powerwall battery and solar panels Tesla Energy Plan hands 75% saving compared to other suppliers Tesla Inc. is offering an electricity tariff that combines solar panels and a battery, turning British households into virtual power plants. In order to qualify for the cheapest Tesla Energy Plan, customers will already need […]
Elkem signs MoU with FREYR for supply of battery materials
Elkem and FREYR have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the potential commercial supply of battery materials from Elkem to FREYR’s lithium-ion battery cell facility under development in Mo i Rana, Norway. Under the MoU, Elkem and FREYR will work together to establish long-term active anode material supply agreements, including battery graphite and high-content […]
U.S. Takes Stake in Battery-Metals Firm to Wean Itself Off China
The U.S. government has taken an equity stake in a battery-metals company in a move that undercuts dependence on China for a key material used in electric vehicles. TechMet Ltd. received a $25 million investment from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to help develop a Brazilian nickel and cobalt mine, the Dublin-based company said […]
IHS Markit: Lithium-ion battery cell average cost to fall below $100 per kWh by 2023
The average cost of a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cell will fall below $100 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in the next three years, according to a new analysis by IHS Markit. The average cost of a li-ion cell is expected to decline further through the end of the decade, to as low as $73/kWh in 2030. […]
Industry Confused As India Takes The Battery Out Of EVs To Boost Demand
India aims to take the battery out of electric vehicles to boost demand, leaving makers of such automobiles confused. The nation’s nascent EV sector needs scale to succeed as it barely comprises about 1% of the overall automobiles sold in the country. About 1.56 lakh electric vehicles, mostly two-wheelers and some cars and buses, were […]
Elon Musk says Tesla has ‘many exciting things’ to reveal on Battery Day
Tesla will reveal “exciting” news on Sept. 22, the automaker’s CEO Elon Musk declared on Twitter. Musk on Friday gave an update about the company’s upcoming Battery Day event. The hyped-up ceremony will be held immediately following Tesla’s annual shareholder’s meeting later this month. “Many exciting things will be unveiled on Battery Day 9/22,” Musk […]
Panasonic to expand battery capacity at Tesla Gigafactory
Panasonic is adding another production line to the massive factory it operates with Tesla in Nevada, an expansion that will increase battery cell capacity by 10%. The Sparks facility, dubbed Gigafactory 1, is the centerpiece of Tesla’s plan to expand global battery capacity and reduce the cost of electric vehicles. Panasonic has been its most […]
Battery swaps could electrify e-car sales
I read Jasper Jolly’s article on the cost of electric cars (Higher price of electric cars a concern for more than half of UK consumers, 4 September) and he reiterated in passing what everyone always says about the need for a vast infrastructure of electric charging points across the land before owners will take up […]
APY Lands set for solar and battery transition
The South Australian Government has announced a $9 million investment towards the transition of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands from diesel reliance to the self-reliance of solar and energy storage. The contract is good news for one of the most continuously culturally fecund regions in the country. Communities in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in […]
