Aqua Metals: Can It Join the 'Disruptive' Elite?
Here's the new kid on the block, Aqua Metals Inc. (AQMS), a company that may be on the verge of joining this list of disruptive elite to become the first and only company that has the technological capacity to reinvent the lead-acid recycling industry. As far as Aqua Metals is concerned, smelting, the environmentally poisonous method of recycling lead from used and discarded batteries, should be a thing of the past. With the patent-pending AquaRefining method, not only is the
Long-Term Energy Storage: What are the Options When Lithium-ion Falls Short?
Lithium-ion batteries are best positioned to meet the demand for energy storage over the next five to 10 years, but in the long run, other battery storage technologies will be needed for long-term energy storage and larger- scale applications. That’s the word from Lux Research, which recently outlined up-and-coming battery storage technologies in a teleconference. Right now, the need for storage is prompted by the growing use of renewable energy on the grid, said Chris Robins
Warmer Winters Are Making Your Car Batteries More Expensive, Somehow
You know those Final Destination movies? Those movies revolve around these absurdly improbable and convoluted Rube Goldbergian accidents that kill off the main characters. That’s sort of how the recent increase in car batteries seems–the result of a starting circumstance that probably wouldn’t make you think of car batteries. In this case, it’s warmer winters. Here’s what’s happening. Thanks to recent winters being the warmest on record, less car batteries are dying from the
Northvolt plans Europe’s answer to the Gigafactory
Swedish start-up Northvolt, which is run by two former Tesla Motors executives, plans to build a huge lithium-ion battery factory in the Nordic region, giving Tesla and Panasonic's Nevada Gigafactory a close rival within Europe in terms of size. The Stockholm-based company’s website reveals plans for what will be Europe’s largest battery factory, standing at more than 32GWh divided into four blocks of 8GWh capacity and needing more than €4 billion investment. The site will re
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Former Tesla executives plan to build $4bn Nordic battery plant
Two former Tesla executives are aiming to set up Europe’s first big battery factory in an attempt to rival Asian manufacturers that dominate the industry as the fight to power electric cars heats up. Peter Carlsson, a Swede who was the former supply chain head for Tesla until 2015, will on Tuesday announce plans to set up a $4bn factory in the Nordic countries, using in part metals mined in the region. read the full article at the financialtimes here: https://www.ft.com/conte
China turns to energy storage to push renewables
Energy storage could boost renewables if the country's government follows through with major power market reforms. Despite another banner year for renewables growth in China, the country’s grid is still struggling to bring clean electricity to consumers. The problem is so serious in China’s north and west that turbines were forced to sit idle for much of 2016. In response, China’s policymakers are now turning to energy storage to boost the grid’s ability to accommodate wind a
