Charged

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Meta Materials has signed a memorandum of understanding) with DuPont Teijin Films and Mitsubishi Electric Europe. Using Meta’s PLASMAfusion coating technology, the parties plan to scale a proprietary, high-volume, roll-to-roll manufacturing system for film-based, coated copper current collectors. Source: Meta Materials.

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Technology Batteries Electric vehicle Europe 134

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2024

The facility, Kilmarnock South, is the third major investment of a large programme of battery storage assets provided by Zenobē, a specialist in fleet electrification and battery storage. The announcement follows last November’s launch of Zenobē’s 50MW grid-connected battery in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire.

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Energy Energy Batteries Wind power 286

Charged

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

UK-based clean technology group Altilium is collaborating with vehicle salvage and recycling specialist Synetiq to recycle the growing number of EV batteries from damaged cars. The company has invested heavily in equipment to remove the batteries from these cars and store them safely.

Recycling 109

Recycling Recycling Batteries Waste 109

Charged

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

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Batteries North America Sustainability Recycling 109

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Scottish Water has completed work on its first large-scale battery storage project which the utility says will accelerate its drive towards net zero emissions by 2040. Four vanadium flow batteries, manufactured by Invinity Energy Systems, have recently been installed at the waste water treatment works that serve the city of Perth.

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Batteries Lithium Waste Waste 241

Charged

DECEMBER 18, 2023

ABB and Gotion High-Tech have agreed to cooperate on the construction of large-scale battery factories to serve the European and US EV markets. ABB will collaborate with Gotion to supply a master design plan combining automation, electrification and digital technologies. Gotion High-Tech, in which Volkswagen has a 26.5 Source: ABB

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Batteries Electric vehicle Demand Europe 108

Charged

MAY 6, 2024

The demand for electric vehicles continues to increase, with EV sales growing faster than any other major category of automobile. It is, therefore, important to remove heat from battery and powertrain components efficiently. What is Battery Safety? Environmental isolation: The high-voltage batteries can be sensitive to moisture.

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Batteries Lithium Cooling Electric vehicle 110

Charged

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Italy-based EDN , a producer of on-board battery chargers and power converters, will showcase its new on-board battery chargers (BHP19 for the US and BHP22 for Europe) for electric and plug-in hybrid applications in the off-highway sector at construction trade show CONEXPO-CON/AGG in Las Vegas in March. EDN says its 19.2

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Batteries Power grid Europe Construction 122

Smart Energy International

APRIL 17, 2024

A project is being run between the municipality of Hague and Dutch grid operator Stedin to develop a battery-powered smart beach electric grid to power the coast of Scheveningen. The new beach battery has a capacity of 360kWh and can power a beach pavilion for two days. Innovation is key to addressing this challenge.

Batteries 104

Batteries Smart Cities Electric vehicle Innovation 104

Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

Despite immense cost cuts and their deployment in the power sector last year more than doubling, batteries need to lead a sixfold increase in global energy storage deployments to enable the world to meet 2030 targets, says the International Energy Agency (IEA). But today, the energy sector accounts for over 90% of overall battery demand.

Batteries 57

Batteries Electric vehicle Policy Electricity 57

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Global energy storage platform provider Powin and Pulse Clean Energy, an investor, developer and operator of flexibility and stability assets in the UK, will deploy a 50MW/110MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on the Scottish project Overhill, located in Aberdeen.

Batteries 57

Batteries Energy Energy Power grid 57

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The European Commission’s review of the competitiveness of clean energy technologies finds that while remaining highly cost competitive, market shares are falling. Likewise innovative solutions and continuous technological advances are key to boost competitiveness of solar thermal. Have you read?

Technology 57

Technology Europe Batteries Carbon-negative 57

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Micro energy harvesting to power edge devices, testing the soil as an energy storage medium, hydrogen solutions to decarbonise heavy trucking and a fusion powered supersonic aircraft are in the week’s technology radar. At E.ON, our goal is to drive the energy transition in Germany and Europe. Micro energy harvesting from sunlight.

Soil 104

Soil Technology Batteries Energy 104

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Energy harvesting brings carbon benefits, Fike Blue to quench battery thermal runaways and a quantum-space collaboration are on the week’s technology radar. They are battery-free, eliminating the need for regular servicing and battery replacement and they are easy to install without any special cabling or power source setups.

Building Energy Monitoring 107

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Technology 107

Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The two 50MW batteries are located near the village of Minety in Wiltshire and are currently being developed by two Chinese state-owned companies. Batteries are uniquely suited to optimising power supplies as the UK moves towards a net-zero carbon system.". The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2020.

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Europe Batteries Electric vehicle Solar Power 94

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

An ongoing study has indicated that roaming charging on the main French roads for long-distance transport could represent an energy demand of up to 3.5TWh per year by 2035. According to the DSO, while this additional energy consumption and power demand is significant, it could be integrated without major difficulty to the network.

Demand 62

Demand Transportation Europe Electricity 62

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

While this may be temporary, it could well be permanent, and such uncertainty demands that, more than ever, business flexibility is a key determining factor to future success. The good news is that the technology is already available to respond to this need for flexibility and the changing demands of energy markets.

Business Energy Monitoring 109

Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 109

Charged

MAY 8, 2023

In the past few decades, the widespread adoption of alternative and renewable energy systems and transportation electrification has garnered increased attention, research, and development in the field of batteries. The Bitrode line of products includes cell, module, and pack testers along with battery formation equipment.

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Batteries Automotive Demand Europe 102

Business Green

JULY 16, 2021

Shell announced yesterday that it has switched on a 100MW battery system in a village in Wiltshire that it claims is the largest in Europe. With the addition of the 100MW battery in Wiltshire, Limejump now manages more than 400MW of responsive assets, Shell said. Projects like this will enable that transition.".

Europe 56

Europe Batteries Aviation Demand 56

Charged

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Battery manufacturer Northvolt plans to invest $750 million to expand its laboratory facility in Sweden in order to meet soaring demand for lithium-ion batteries. Northvolt says it plans to set up the “first R&D campus covering the entire battery ecosystem.”.

Batteries 122

Batteries Investment Europe Lithium 122

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

More than 30 technologies are identified as having varying levels of impact on Europe’s DSOs over the next decade, according to E.DSO’s ‘Technology radar’. At the same time, several technologies also are starting to become transformational. Have you read?

Technology 109

Technology IoT Innovation Resilience 109

Smart Energy International

MARCH 8, 2024

Despite record investments into power grid expansion to accommodate demand, grid operators Alliander, Enexis and Stedin have reported inefficient capacity to prevent increasing network congestion. According to Alliander, traffic jams will recur on the Dutch electricity network for at least another 10 years. Alliander invested more than €1.4

Demand 57

Demand Investment Power grid Electricity 57

GreenTechMedia

JULY 23, 2020

It’s the oldest and the biggest of all the clean energy technologies, but hydro has an uncertain role in Europe’s decarbonization plans. In the meantime, green hydrogen and batteries pose a rising threat to hydropower plants and their future profits. The challenge from batteries and green hydrogen.

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Hydropower Hydrogen Batteries Europe 130

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 1, 2024

Over the course of 2023 – and indeed since its start in mid-2022 – this column has not been short of possible new and future technology content to feature. In the UK again, Octopus reported that one million customers had signed up for a demand flexibility scheme for the current 2023/24 winter season. Have you read?

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Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Technology 67

Smart Energy International

APRIL 4, 2024

Smart Energy Solutions (SMS) has begun laboratory testing of Interoperable Demand Side Response (IDSR) solutions as part of the UK Government’s Flexibility Innovation Programme. million homes and businesses deliver almost 500MW of new flexibility to the system.

Home Energy Monitoring 57

Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 57

Charged

JANUARY 17, 2023

The EV Metals Group acquired the battery materials and technology business of Johnson Matthey in 2022. Now subsidiary EV Metals Arabia has advanced its plans to build a battery material processing plant in Saudi Arabia. Construction is scheduled to commence in Q3 of this year.

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Batteries North America Lithium Electric vehicle 120

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2022

The global stampede to develop clean energy sources has prompted a demand for ammonia analysers from the developers of engines that will be capable of using ammonia as a fuel. In November 2021 the European Commission published a report entitled: ‘Hydrogen: Europe’s Industry rolling out hydrogen projects on massive scale’.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Demand 246

Smart Energy International

JULY 7, 2022

The Horizon Europe funded BATRAW project has been launched to create new raw material processing from used electric vehicle (EV) batteries. million) from the Horizon Europe programme. Building battery power How a battery ‘passport’ can foster a sustainable transition to a green economy. million (US$10.4

Batteries 113

Batteries Blockchain Recycling Recycling 113

Charged

AUGUST 3, 2021

TES, a provider of sustainable technology lifecycle services, has taken over a recycling facility at the Port Of Rotterdam , Europe’s largest seaport, from Battery Recycling Services Netherlands. TES plans to focus the facility on the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The TES project in Rotterdam is exactly that.

Recycling 127

Recycling Recycling Building Energy Monitoring Batteries 127

Smart Energy International

JUNE 16, 2022

The analysis also is focussed on the system needs rather than the storage technology mix itself, which will depend on the evolving costs, technologies and innovation landscape. Listen also to: Energy Transitions Podcast: Bridging the UK’s energy supply and demand gap with storage.

Europe 97

Europe Energy Energy Batteries 97

Renewable Energy World

JULY 21, 2021

The need to ensure renewable energy resources can meet baseload power demand is intensifying the race for giant battery storage systems across Europe. Fluence, a joint venture of Siemens and AES, will provide the batteries for the project set to be constructed on a 5,000 square meter piece of land.

Building Energy Monitoring 132

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Batteries Construction 132

Charged

JANUARY 31, 2024

Q&A with Alex Urist, Vice President of XCharge North America Battery storage, once considered a nifty additional feature for large-scale charging infrastructure projects, is steadily becoming de rigueur for public and commercial charging deployments of all sizes. A battery-buffered system is just taking energy from the grid.

Energy Monitor 99

Energy Monitor Polyphase Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 99

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 3, 2022

This raises several questions which must be discussed together including: How can we prepare the electricity grid for such a structural change in both supply and demand of electricity? Is the network ready to sustain such a huge and abrupt increase in consumption in the transition to electrification technologies? Demand side measures.

Solar Energy Monitor 98

Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

Charged

DECEMBER 4, 2023

UK-based clean technology group Altilium has secured over £700,000 in UK government funding for two collaborative research projects focused on the recovery of copper and rare earth elements (REE) from mine waste. Altilium has exclusive rights to reprocess materials from a large mine tailing site in Eastern Europe. Source: Altilium

Batteries 52

Batteries Waste Waste Europe 52

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Energy sector digital identity app spins off for global use, an intelligent power solution for China’s high energy physics platform and a hydrogen-powered superyacht unveiled are in the week’s technology radar. Have you read?

Energy Monitor 111

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 111

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In the second special Enlit Europe 2023 edition, Nimbus and Globy – the new hydrogen and electricity smart meters, a new fast network deployment partnership and digitalising smart secondary substations are on the week’s technology radar. Have you read?

Building Energy Monitoring 57

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Technology 57

Smart Energy International

MARCH 6, 2022

Apparently the most advanced concept is the Dutch start-up Ocean Grazer’s ‘Ocean battery’, with the first commercial demonstrators currently under development. The technology is described as a “pumped hydro system in a box”. The team is targeting a 10% market share in Europe by 2030 and in time 10-15% of the market.

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Batteries Technology Europe Energy 104