Energy storage player Humless has now entered the direct battery supply route with a 5-kWh lithium-iron phosphate battery. The Humless 5-kWh battery will be unveiled this week at the Solar, Storage, and Smart Energy Expo in San Francisco. “We’ve worked hard to perfect this energy storage product,” said Glenn Jakins, CEO for Humless. “Our product…
Kyocera, 24M co-develop semi-solid lithium-ion battery for residential energy storage
Kyocera Corporation and 24M announced that Kyocera has formally launched its residential energy storage system, Enerezza, the world’s first system built using 24M’s novel SemiSolid electrode manufacturing process. In addition, Kyocera has extended its commitment to 24M’s unique manufacturing platform with plans to start full-scale mass production in the fall of 2020. In June 2019, Kyocera…
Solar developer Encore Renewable Energy will install country’s first long duration, liquid air battery
Highview Power Storage and renewable energy developer Encore Renewable Energy jointly announced plans to develop the United States’ first long duration, liquid air energy storage system. This facility will be a minimum of 50 MW, provide in excess of eight hours of storage (400 MWh) and will be located in northern Vermont. The project is…
U.S. Energy Storage Association releases battery operational safety guidelines
The U.S. Energy Storage Association (ESA) today published “U.S. Energy Storage Operational Safety Guidelines,” which provides energy storage businesses and users a compendium of codes, standards and additional guidelines to plan for and mitigate wide-ranging potential operational hazards. This is the latest resource to come from ESA’s years-long effort to advance industry safety strategies, which…
Latest DNV GL Battery Performance Scorecard shows water is best way to extinguish battery fires
DNV GL today released its second annual Battery Performance Scorecard, which provides an independent ranking and evaluation of different types of batteries, based on testing performed in DNV GL’s battery performance and safety test laboratories. It also provides industry guidelines for developers and operators to ensure their systems have been designed to mitigate risks such…
Battery costs for commercial market expected to drop 35% by 2024
According to new research from Wood Mackenzie, non-residential storage system costs will fall by 27% in the United States over the next five years. The fall in system costs will help drive a more-than-tenfold growth in the U.S. non-residential storage market by 2024. Commercial and industrial customers with predictable, peaky loads are increasingly turning to…
KORE Power will start a 10-GWh lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in the United States
KORE Power today announced its intentions to build a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in the United States to support global growth efforts for its Mark 1 Energy Storage System. The new 1 million-sq. ft facility will be used to manufacture and produce the company’s Mark 1 Energy Storage System using fully automated battery assembly lines…
Gridtential, Crown Battery partner on silicon+lead battery
Using technology similar to a solar cell, Gridtential Energy’s breakthrough Silicon Joule technology allows batteries to deliver up to five-times the power density with up to a 40% weight reduction — and it can be manufactured in current lead battery plants. Silicon Joule technology replaces the lead-grid and cell connecting lead-strap material inside a traditional…
U.S. lead battery industry has $26.3 billion annual economic impact
A new study prepared by the EDR Group at the request of Essential Energy Everyday and Battery Council International (BCI) shows that the lead-acid battery industry is thriving. The study, “Economic Contribution of the U.S. Lead Battery Industry,” found that the lead battery industry reported nearly 25,000 direct jobs across 38 states and 92,000 total jobs when factoring…
Battery and energy storage highlights at SPI 2019
There are many battery-related companies exhibiting at Solar Power International/Energy Storage International this year. And with plenty of big storage announcements from companies not necessarily directly involved with batteries before, there was a lot of top tech to sort through. Here were the most interesting battery products I saw on the show floor today. SunPower…