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DuPont Teijin Films & Mitsubishi Electric Europe partner with Meta Materials on battery materials

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Meta Materials , a developer of high-performance smart materials and nanocomposites, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in partnership with DuPont Teijin Films and Mitsubishi Electric Europe. Even under an optimistic scenario, supply would not meet the copper demand required for net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Evonik investing in fumed aluminum oxide production plant expansion in Japan for battery applications

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The facility will be the company’s first alumina plant in Asia, focusing on the production of specialty solutions for lithium-ion battery technologies, used for electric vehicles. This increases the service life of a Li-ion battery by around 50%, resulting in carbon dioxide savings of ~10 tons CO 2 per kg AEROXIDE.

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Mitsubishi Heavy selling MLiX Li-ion rechargeable battery business to Delta Electronics; focus shifting to ESS systems

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. MHI) is selling its Li-ion rechargeable battery business to Delta Electronics. MHI will focus on energy storage system (ESS) products using Li-ion batteries.

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AES Selects Mitsubishi-GS Yuasa and Parker-Hannifin to supply Li-ion grid Energy Storage System in Chile

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AES Gener and AES Energy Storage have selected Parker-Hannifin to supply advanced battery energy storage systems for their new Cochrane power station. The project is owned by AES Gener, the second-largest power generator in the country, and Mitsubishi Corporation.

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IDTechEX: solid-state battery market will grow to $8B by 2031

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Renault, Mitsubishi, and Nissan invested in Ionic Materials. Flammable liquid electrolytes in most commercial li-ion batteries are considered a threat to safety as they can easily shrink under high temperatures, lead to short circuits and then catch fire. Ford, Samsung, and Hyundai invested in Solid Power.

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Mitsubishi Heavy to supply 500 kWh (normal) containerized Li-ion energy storage system to power grid of Orkney Islands

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. The project aims at demonstrating power supply stabilization in the region by introducing cargo container-type large capacity energy storage system using a lithium-ion rechargeable battery, which has a maximum power output capacity of 2MW.

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Mitsubishi reports fire in i-MiEV battery pack, melting in Outlander PHEV pack

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Mitsubishi Motors reported two separate incidents with Li-ion battery packs: one, a fire in a i-MiEV battery pack at the Mizushima battery pack assembly plant; the other, heating and melting in a pack installed in an Outlander plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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