Batteries

With the launch of its Powerwall on April 30, 2015 and every progress update on the building of its Gigafactory, Tesla has continued to fuel interest in home battery systems.

Tesla has officially opened its Gigafactory, which (once complete) will be about 10 million square feet, making it one of the largest buildings in the world.

The Battery Series is a five-part infographic series that explores what investors need to know about modern battery technology, including raw material supply, demand, and future applications.

Transgrid and City of Sydney chiefs have warned that red tape has threatened to flatten the solar storage battery revolution by restricting the use electricity suppliers and user can make of their solar panels and batteries.

The UK is to test its first battery system to provide grid-frequency, a 20MW battery storage system equivalent to the batteries of up to 1000 pure electric cars.

According to analysts at IDTechEx, significant growth is predicted for the electric vehicle market, which will result in almost one trillion dollars in sales at ex-factory prices in 2026.

A team led by engineers from University of Washington has developed a nanoscale probe, which they say could lead to a better understanding of how batteries work and hence, improved performance of batteries and fuel cells.

A team of MIT researchers have created a demonstration version of a liquid battery which could result in lower costs and increased simplicity of operation.

A technology analyst from market research group IDTechEx has revealed new trends in batteries that investors should look out for. According to Xiaoxi He, recent areas of interest include different battery dimensions, such as thin-film batteries, micro-batteries and large area batteries. There has also been interest in more flexible batteries, both mechanically and shape-wise. Other … Continue reading New opportunities in the battery market →

The WattGrid energy storage system is used to store energy produced by rooftop solar panels.
Indigenous-owned energy company AllGrid recently launched a solar energy battery storage system in Adelaide and raised the possibility that it may open a manufacturing plant in the city.

Thin, flexible batteries set to become a $US400 million market in 2025 mainly by enabling new products, according to IDTechEx Research.

Maplesoft announces the release of the MapleSim Battery Library, an add-on component library to their advanced system-level modelling tool.

STRATEGIC Energy Resources subsidiary Graphitech has signed an agreement with Monash University to commercialise graphene-based energy storage materials.