Today’s EV fast-charging technology remains slow by gas-station standards. Faster testing processes for new charging techniques would help. The battery sector is turning to artificial intelligence for clues on how to improve recharging rates without increasing the degradation of lithium-ion batteries. Last month, a team from Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the […]
Waaree ESS begins supply of Lithium Ion Batteries
Bis Approved Lithium Ion Batteries for E-Bikes, Telecom towers WaareeESS an Indian start up in manufacturing Lithium ion batteries, has gained the necessary BIS approval for its batteries. To support the Evehicle revolution WaareeESS has partnered with GreenVolt Mobility to supply them Lithium ion batteries for the electric two-wheeler named ‘Mantis. These portable lithium-ion battery […]
Trump Administration Lowers Import Tariffs on Chinese Batteries
The drop from 15 percent to 7.5 percent will improve project economics, but uncertainty lingers. The White House halved import tariffs on batteries manufactured in China as part of the larger trade deal signed this week. The tariff on batteries, just part of $300 billion in Chinese goods targeted by the White House last year, […]
Canada’s e-Zn Raises Millions to Commercialize Long-Duration Zinc Energy Storage
Startup bets on cheap and abundant zinc — and the emergence of a market for long-duration storage. Canadian startup e-Zn has raised money to store clean energy far longer than currently available batteries allow, using cheap and abundant zinc. On Wednesday, the company received CAD $2 million ($1.5 million) in non-dilutive grant funding from Sustainable […]
5 Tangible Advances for Long-Duration Energy Storage in 2019
The big wins for long-duration storage always seem to be just around the corner. This year brought concrete signs of progress. Following long-duration storage is like rooting for a home team that’s always about to win next year. Lithium-ion batteries utterly dominate grid storage deployments these days. That’s great for the cost decline narrative, in […]
Flow Batteries Struggle in 2019 as Lithium-Ion Marches On
Save for a few rare announcements, the promising technology class has gone quiet. October’s SoftBank-led investment in iron flow battery startup ESS represented an unusual event in 2019: a piece of good news for the flow battery sector. The $30 million cash injection was a rare sign that there may still be life in an […]
Iron Flow Battery Startup ESS Raises $30M From SoftBank and Breakthrough
The flow battery survivor marks the latest in a series of recent investments in unconventional long-duration storage technologies. Iron flow battery startup ESS raised an additional $30 million to take its technology from pilots to commercial scale. Since 2011, the company has been developing a low-cost, nonflammable long-duration storage technology to compete across domains where […]
The Arizona Battery Explosion Is Changing Conventional Wisdom on Safety
Six months later, GTM gets an exclusive update from APS and Fluence on an event that’s forcing a new look at grid battery engineering. It’s been nearly six months since an explosion ripped through a grid battery near Phoenix and upended the industry’s understanding of the technology’s safety. The McMicken conflagration injured first responders and […]
Your Energy Storage Cheat Sheet: How to Impress at ESI
We can’t teach you social grace, but we can give you some decent icebreakers. After the socially challenging strip-mall accommodations of Anaheim last year, the good folks who make solar and energy storage happen are no doubt craving real interaction in some place resembling an actual community. And they’re in luck: Salt Lake City has […]
Form Energy Raises $40M Series B for Super-Long-Duration Grid Storage
Italy’s Eni joins list of heavyweight backers as Massachusetts-based Form looks to unlock “baseload renewables.” Long-duration storage startup Form Energy thought that solving the problem of months-long grid storage would take a decade. But its last year of work advanced faster than expected. Based on that progress, the team of industry veterans has fast-tracked development […]