US battery companies heading East
In the wake of the A123 Systems saga and the controversy surrounding the company’s possible sale to the US arm of Chinese giant Wanxiang Group comes the news that fellow advanced battery manufacturer...
View ArticleWanxiang in wrangles over A123 purchase
Now officially the longest running soap-opera in energy storage, the A123 saga is now attracting controversy from senior US politicians and even the military, says The Chicago Tribune. As regular...
View ArticleBYD hopes for electric vehicle boom
Shenzhen, China-based BYD is hoping to triple sales of electric vehicles in 2013, reports The Wall Street Journal. The battery-to-cars conglomerate is looking to sell 8,000 vehicles, including 2,000...
View ArticleChina leads lead-acid battery growth
A new report from Huidan Research says Chinese manufacturers are gaining ground in the race to supply a planet hungry for lead-acid batteries. As a result, China has become one of the world’s largest...
View ArticleNew energy storage alliance launched
Officially launched with 70 founding members, the International Battery and Energy Storage Alliance (IBESA) states its mission is to “promote a path of cooperation and mutual support in achieving...
View ArticleGraphene advance for Li-ion batteries
Graphene has been cited as the saviour of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries for a while now. As an incredibly thin substance, it can massively increase the surface area of an electrode and thus...
View ArticleUltracapacitors support port operations
Shanghai ISSON Power Quality has installed 126 125V Heavy Transportation Modules from Maxwell Technologies at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port, the developer and manufacturer of ultracapacitor-based energy...
View ArticleBallard eyes Chinese bus market
Still on the bus beat, Ballard Power Systems has announced a non-binding memorandum of understanding with its partner Azure Hydrogen Corporation of Beijing, China, extending the scope of their...
View ArticleChina to spend $166bn on energy storage
Analyst group Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) is predicting China could spend between USD$164bn and $192bn on energy storage between now and 2030. The figures are from a study released this week...
View ArticleNanotech T-shirt offers storage to wear
What’s the best place to store electricity? Many solutions are being suggested, from household fuel cell energy storage units to your electric vehicle’s lithium-ion battery. But a fascinating article...
View ArticleActa signs distribution partnership
Acta, an Italian clean energy products company, has signed a distribution agreement for the Chinese back-up power and energy storage markets with Shanghai Sunwise Energy Systems. Sunwise is a leading...
View ArticleEnergy Storage China 2014 unveiled
Messe Düsseldorf Shanghai and the China Energy Storage Alliance have announced a collaboration under which the German trade fair organiser will arrange China’s most promising energy storage industry...
View ArticleHong Kong gets first electric bus
In a week that sees Chinese authorities making noises on tackling the country’s dire air pollution problem comes the news that Hong Kong is taking a tentative step in the right direction. And it comes...
View ArticleEnergy storage news: 11.12.13
The top energy storage news stories from our Twitter feed over the last week. Toshiba is entering the solar power energy market in Germany – offering customers electricity at below utility prices and...
View ArticleEnergy storage news: 16.07.14
A selection of energy storage news from our Twitter feed over the last week. LG is building a factory to manufacture electric vehicle batteries in China, with the intention of serving 100,000 cars per...
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