Battery Manufacturing Plant - near Newcastle NSW
'Energy Renaissance create and make lithium-ion batteries and technology, powered by Australian people and resources. Our superStorage™ systems are delivered from our advanced manufacturing facility in Tomago, NSW. The superStorage™ platform is engineered and designed for security, safety and simplicity for Stationary and Transport applications.' (Energy Renaissance Pty. Ltd., Newcastle NSW)
Car Battery Charging "On Steroids"
Terra 360 (they claim it's the fastest in the world) 'Delivering up to 360 kW of power and a full charge in less than 15 minutes.' (ABB - a merger between ASEA and Brown Boveri) >
Very Fast Charging Batteries
Synthesis of Pseudocapacitive Porous Metal Oxide Nanoclusters Anchored on Graphene for Aqueous Energy Storage Devices with High Energy Density and Long Cycling Stability along with Ultrafast Charging Capability. 'a strategy to realize high-performance aqueous energy storages using porous Mn3O4 (p-MG) positive and porous Fe2O3 (p-FG) negative electrodes, where granular nanoclusters composing nanoparticles are produced on graphene through lithiation-induced conversion and the shortened ion diffusion lengths in p-MG and p-FG give fast charging rate and excellent cycle stability is reported.' (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) >
Sodium-ion Batteries Data
Sodium-ion Batteries: Inexpensive and Sustainable Energy Storage. (Faraday Insight - The Faraday Institution) >
Sodium-ion Batteries
Sodium-ion batteries offer advantages in technical performance, safety and cost over current technologies, such as Lithium-ion (Li-ion) and Lead-Acid (Pb-A).' (Faradion Limited, Sheffield UK) >
Research to keep Batteries "going and going"
University of Queensland research to keep batteries "going and going". '...a battery which remains stable for more than 1000 charge/discharge cycles' (University of Queensland School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology) >
World’s First Infinity Train.
'Fortescue [mining entrepreneur] ... announces world’s first infinity train.' “The Infinity Train has the capacity to be the world’s most efficient battery electric locomotive. The regeneration of electricity on the downhill loaded sections will remove the need for the installation of renewable energy generation and recharging infrastructure, making it a capital efficient solution for eliminating diesel and emissions from our rail operations.” (Williams Advanced Engineering, Oxfordshire UK) >
ELECTRIC VEHICLES and HOME ELECTRICITY
A Review of V2-X Solutions by Investigating Different Vehicle Energy Storage Solutions for Nearly Zero Energy Buildings. '...the integration of EVs through bidirectional converters with smart buildings, which are supplied by renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic systems, has gained noticeable attention from researchers around the world. In order to meet and optimize the energy requirement of smart buildings with V2G-H-B (V2-X), which includes vehicle-to-home (V2H), vehicle-to-building...' (Griffith University, Brisbane) >
Calculating Better Batteries
Energy storage: '...the SolidPAC tool to help researchers design energy-dense, long-lived and safe solid-state batteries...' (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Energy Department), Oak Ridge, Indiana, USA) >
TRIUMPH TE-1 MotorCycle
'Project Triumph TE-1 Prototype Revealed, featuring Williams Advanced Engineering developed advanced battery system.' (Williams Advanced Engineering Limited, Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK) >