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SolarEdge, Kokam open 2GWh cell plant in South Korea

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SolarEdge Technologies and SolarEdge’s subsidiary, Kokam Limited Company, a provider of lithium-ion batteries and integrated energy storage solutions, announced the opening of “Sella 2”, a two gigawatt-hour (GWh) battery cell manufacturing facility. —Zvi Lando, Chief Executive Officer of SolarEdge.

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Octillion marks 100,000 EVs on the road with its batteries, 2 billion km driven

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Octillion Power Systems, a provider of advanced lithium-ion storage systems for electric mobility, announced it has reached two milestones: 100,000 electric vehicles worldwide powered by its batteries and 2 billion kilometers driven. —Paul Beach, president, Octillion Power Systems.

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IBM Almaden Lab Exploring Lithium-Air Batteries for Next-Generation Energy Storage

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Leveraging expertise in materials science, nanotechnology, green chemistry and supercomputing, scientists at IBM Research’s Almaden lab in San Jose, California, are undertaking a multi-year research initiative around a grid-scale, efficient, affordable electrical energy storage network. Almaden Institute. Takeshi Ogasawara et al.

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USABC awards $8M advanced battery technology contract to A123 Systems

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USABC awarded the 24-month contract to A123 to continue developing its Nanophosphate lithium-ion battery systems to meet USABC’s target application for a Power-Assist Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PAHEV) Low-Energy Energy Storage System (LEESS).

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Panasonic Starts Mass-Production of High-Capacity 3.1 Ah 18650 Li-ion Cells

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Ah lithium-ion battery and began mass production of the battery this December. Ah cell has a nickel cathode and an energy density of 675 Wh/L. Ah lithium-ion battery with a nickel positive electrode (energy density: 620 Wh/L) in 2006. The new battery provides long-lasting power to laptops.

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Johnson Controls files petition to dissolve Li-ion battery JV with Saft

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(JCI) has filed a petition with the Delaware Court of Chancery to dissolve Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power Solutions LLC (JCS), the automotive Li-ion battery joint venture between Johnson Controls and Saft. The joint venture was formed in 2006 to develop and manufacture lithium-ion automotive battery solutions.

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Panasonic Develops 1.5 kWh Li-ion Battery Module; Targeting Home Storage and Vehicle Applications

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kWh battery module from 18650-type (18 mm in diameter x 65 mm in length) lithium-ion battery cells to provide energy storage solutions for a wide range applications. A prototype will be shown at CEATEC JAPAN 2009 (Makuhari Messe, 6-10 October 2009) and New Energy Industry Fair Osaka (Intex Osaka, 7-9 October 2009).

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