New Delhi : Lithium-ion battery pack manufacturer and recycling company Lohum plans to invest up to Rs 250 crore in the next three years to enhance its capacity with plans to foray into electric four-wheeler battery segment, according to a top company official. The company, which currently has battery manufacturing capacity of 300 megawatt-hours per […]
Lithium-ion battery maker Lohum to invest up to Rs 250 crore in three years on capacity expansion
The current capacity of the company is approximately 300 megawatt-hours per annum and in terms of units per day it translates into about 200-250 units a day. New Delhi: Lithium-ion battery pack manufacturer and recycling company Lohum plans to invest up to Rs 250 crore in the next three years to enhance its capacity with […]
How IIT research may improve lithium-ion battery performance
Researchers from IIT Guwahati have developed a technique which can precisely estimate one of the most important battery internal states known as SOC, short for state of charge. Researchers from IIT Guwahati have developed a technique to improve the performance of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which power most of the portable devices used today. Their findings […]
Aluminum-anode batteries could make solar energy storage more affordable
One of the challenges with capturing green solar energy is in being able to store that energy for use in times when the sun is unavailable. While the cost of harvesting solar energy has declined significantly in recent years, the cost to store that energy via battery packs and other methods hasn’t come down 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 […]
Chemi Tech Group join hands with Sunpower Renewables, Australia for manufacturing Lithium Based Hybrid Solutions & Electric Vehicle Chargers in India
Chemi Tech Group, a leading trade house for solar equipment in the country, has now joined hands with Sunpower Renewables, Australia to bring in their Lithium-Ion Based Off-Grid solutions along with Electric Vehicle Charging based solutions in India. The company plans to start production at their manufacturing unit in Hyderabad from June 2021 onwards, till […]
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. […]
Japan’s battery start-ups take the world beyond lithium ion
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Japan’s battery startups take the world beyond lithium ion
New products can pack up to 10 times more energy than their powerful forebears OSAKA : What is the future of batteries? From smartphones to drones to electric cars, the current source of energy is the lithium-ion battery. But startups in Japan are battling to create high-performance power packs that could become the next global […]
Researchers created a technique to turn polymers, into components of batteries
New battery technology involving microwaves may provide an avenue for renewable energy conversion and storage. Purdue University researchers created a technique to turn waste polyethylene terephthalate, one of the most recyclable polymers, into components of batteries. “We use an ultrafast microwave irradiation process to turn PET, or polyethylene terephthalate, flakes into disodium terephthalate, and use […]