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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The falling cost of batteries is set to drive a boom in the installation of energy storage systems around the world in the years from now to 2040, according to the latest annual forecast from research company Bloomberg NEF (BNEF). The global energy storage market will grow to a cumulative 942GW/2,857GWh by 2040, attracting $1.2

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MAY 3, 2019

The global battery energy storage market will to grow to $13.13 Asia-Pacific (APAC) and EMEA will be the dominant markets for battery energy storage systems over the forecast period 2019-2023. billion by 2023, according to a new forecast by GlobalData.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Following the approval of all relevant authorities, BASF and Shanshan have formed the joint venture “BASF Shanshan Battery Materials Co., The newly formed company has four sites in Hunan and Ningxia, China, with more than 1,600 employees. The new entity will be majority owned by BASF (BASF 51% and Shanshan 49%).

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CN EV Post

APRIL 9, 2023

The Megafactory is planned to initially produce up to 10,000 units of commercial energy storage batteries per year, with an energy storage scale of nearly 40 GWh, and the product will be available to the global markets.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The global push to convert the world to electric vehicles will cause supply chain complexities that could undermine the alternative energy transition in the United States, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The detailed report— Need Nickel?

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MARCH 11, 2023

Tests conducted by Titirici Group , a multidisciplinary research team based at Imperial College London, have found that a novel carbon nanotube electrode material derived from CO 2 —produced by Estonian nanotech company UP Catalyst ( earlier post )—enhances the cyclability of sodium-ion batteries.

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APRIL 30, 2024

Tesla’s Megapack Factory in China is ready to start construction this month. Tesla Giga Shanghai’s resident drone operator, WuWa, recently provided an update on the company’s Megapack Factory in China. At the time, the company planned to produce 10,000 Megapacks per year, equivalent to 40 GWh worth of energy storage at the factory.

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MAY 27, 2022

The BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture (BBA) has established a closed loop for reuse of the raw materials nickel, lithium and cobalt from high-voltage batteries that are no longer suitable for use in electric vehicles. Automated and precise dismantling of BMW high-voltage batteries at Huayou Recycling.

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Teslarati

MAY 4, 2021

Canaccord Genuity analyst Jed Dorsheimer recently noted that Tesla has shifted to cobalt-free lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for its flagship energy storage product, the Megapack. “Tesla announced that Megapack will be using LFP cathode batteries, similar to the entry-level Made-in-China Model 3/Ys. .

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JUNE 2, 2023

China-based EV startup U Power Limited entered into a framework strategic cooperation agreement with Quantum Solutions Co., China-based EV startup U Power Limited entered into a framework strategic cooperation agreement with Quantum Solutions Co.,

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JANUARY 16, 2023

Hanwha Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) will invest in building battery production facilities in the United States. The joint investment will pave the way for Hanwha to lead the rapidly-growing energy storage market and future Urban Air Mobility business.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 27, 2023

China is leading the U.S. and Europe on EV battery recycling, according to a new Bloomberg report, and it may add to China's EV advantages in the future.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

Octillion Energy, a global supplier of advanced high-density lithium-ion battery packs for passenger cars, trucks, buses, and energy-storage systems, has achieved the milestone of shipping more than 1,500 battery packs a day and expects to hit 2,000 packs per day this month. million metric tons.

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JULY 31, 2019

Energy storage installations around the world will multiply exponentially, from a modest 9GW/17GWh deployed as of 2018 to 1,095GW/2,850GWh by 2040, according to the latest forecast from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). Global cumulative energy storage installations. Source: BloombergNEF.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 20, 2023

Image credit: Gotion High-tech) Chinese battery giant Gotion High-tech and Japan's Edison Power Co Ltd have reached a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly tap the energy storage market in Japan. Gotion, one of China's power battery giants, ranked eighth in the world with a 2.1 In China, Gotion installed 0.78

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AUGUST 20, 2023

Researchers in China are investigating the effect of low-velocity impact loads on structurally embedded Li-ion batteries in vehicles. The researchers found that embedded batteries experienced micro short circuits during impact-loading process and kept good energy-storage capacity after transient impact.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

“At the moment, these battery packs are sat around in containers, unloved and unwanted,” Allye CEO Jonathan Carrier told Reuters. “At the moment, these battery packs are sat around in containers, unloved and unwanted,” Allye CEO Jonathan Carrier told Reuters. “We’re trying to change that.”

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Eos Energy, a provider of safe, scalable, efficient, and sustainable zinc-powered long-duration stationary energy storage systems, announced Project AMAZE (American Made Zinc Energy), a $500-million planned expansion and a significant milestone to build 8 GWh of clean energy storage production capacity.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

A123 Energy Solutions announced today that a new 2-megawatt Grid Storage Solution for Ray Power Systems Co. a Beijing-based energy services company, is now in commercial operation providing frequency regulation services. Located in Beijing, this is A123 Energy Solutions’ first deployment in China in commercial operation.

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JULY 31, 2017

Although consumer electronics—devices such as smartphones and laptops—have traditionally driven the most demand for energy storage devices, transportation and stationary applications will soon become the largest energy storage markets, according to Lux Research. billion opportunity in 2025.

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Teslarati

MARCH 12, 2024

China’s top battery supplier, CATL, entered a joint venture with Xiami Auto and Chinese state-owned BAIC to build an intelligent battery cell plant. The upcoming battery cell manufacturing plant will be built under the jointly established Beijing Era New Energy Technology Co.,

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CN EV Post

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The unveiling of the Sehol E10X test vehicle means that sodium-ion batteries are starting to be used in passenger cars, after the new batteries were mainly used in electric two-wheelers and for energy storage. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

China dominates BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking in 2020, having quickly surpassed Japan and Korea that were leaders for the majority of the previous decade. China’s dominance of the industry is to be expected given its huge investments and the policies the country has implemented over the past decade.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

announced today a strategic global collaboration to develop new solutions for energy storage, building on their complementary strengths. The scope of the collaboration focuses on the following applications: Grid-connected energy storage. Solar energy. Global power and automation technology group ABB and BYD Co.,

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AUGUST 5, 2021

SK Innovation has decided to spin off its battery production and exploration & production (E&P) business as independent companies. SK Innovation’s EV battery plant located in Seosan, South Korea. The SK Battery Co., The SK E&P Co., Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

Benchmark Minerals reports that China’s ongoing energy shortage, which has seen local governments enforce intermittent power cuts since July 2021, has begun to affect domestic anode and cathode production as several producers were forced to scale back production in late Q3.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Rising raw material and battery component prices and soaring inflation have led to the first increase in lithium-ion battery pack prices since BloombergNEF (BNEF) began tracking the market in 2010. he upward cost pressure on batteries outpaced the higher adoption of lower cost chemistries like lithium iron phosphate (LFP).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 15, 2024

China already has enough battery manufacturing capacity to supply all global EV production, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. China’s declared 2023 battery production alone was close to the actual global demand, according to BNEF, which notes that the U.S.,

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MAY 4, 2023

The companies have initiated the partnership with a non-recurring engineering (NRE) agreement to develop low-carbon technology for the conversion of critical metals—first virgin and later recycled material—into battery-grade cathode active material (CAM) precursors, which are essential to 6K Energy’s advanced cathode manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2019

Daimler AG, with its wholly owned subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Energy GmbH, and Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., BJEV), a subsidiary of the BAIC Group, have entered into a development partnership to establish second-life energy storage systems in China in the future. —Gordon Gassmann, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Energy.

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APRIL 5, 2020

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China will impact the green energy sector, including renewable energy sources, battery energy storage, electric vehicles (EVs), and renewable heating and cooling, says data and analytics company GlobalData. —Sneha Susan Elias, Senior Power Analyst at GlobalData.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Lithium-ion battery pack prices, which were above $1,200 per kilowatt-hour in 2010, have fallen 89% in real terms to $132/kWh in 2021, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). These prices are an average across multiple battery end-uses, including different types of electric vehicles, buses and stationary storage projects.

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AUGUST 9, 2020

Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Jilin University in Changchun/China have investigated a highly promising anode material for future high-performance batteries: lithium lanthanum titanate with a perovskite crystal structure (LLTO). Illustration: Fei Du/Jilin University.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

Octillion Power Systems, a global provider of advanced lithium-ion batteries, has moved to a new US headquarters in Richmond, California. Octillion also has relocated a battery manufacturing line from its previous facility in Hayward, California, where the company has operated since its founding in 2009. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2011

BYD and the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) have finished construction on what may be the world’s largest battery energy storage station. While there are renewable generation systems of this scale in service today, there are no battery systems of this size, the partners noted. billion RMB).

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding a combined $2.8 billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. Earlier post.) Of that, $1.6

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

CNESA forecast improvements in the economics of battery energy storage in China this year, without providing specifics. Growth in China’s battery storage capacity could slow down in 2024, according to an industry association, as energy storage struggles with low profitability.

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