The noted Canadian lithium-ion battery developer/manufacturer Electrovaya has completed its acquisition of Evonik Litarion GmbH — along with completing the licensing process for the “SEPARION” ceramic composite separator — according to a recent press release. The completion of the process means that Evonik Litarion’s automated lithium-ion electrode + ceramic composite … [continued]
As I wrote in my piece on cleantech trends from 2014 and expected cleantech trends in 2015, the battery storage market is really blossoming. There are now quite a number of battery startups and battery departments within big corporations that seem to have promising products arriving on the market or soon to arrive … [continued]
The Canadian lithium-ion battery maker Electrovaya was recently presented with a $1.3-million grant, with the purpose of the grant being to aid the company in the production and delivery of multiple Intelligent Energy Storage Systems (IESS) to a number of different locations for Toronto Hydro and London Hydro. The grant is … [continued]
Pike Research has just come out with a new market research report, “Electric Vehicle Batteries.” The report, which ranks what it thinks are the top 10 Lithium-ion battery companies, finds that market revenue for Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for transportation (EVs and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles) “will grow over 700%, from $2.0 billion annually in … [continued]
Preparing for a future when a third of us will make our own electricity from solar on our roofs and ship that power onto the shared grid – the U.S. Department of Energy has funded the development of a solar community in Flagstaff, Arizona to help test how well the grid can … [continued]
