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Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Market: Drivers and Restraints
The lithium-ion battery recycling market is driven by a variety of key drivers and restraints that vary market to market. Five drivers define market scenarios: LIB market expansion, cost structure and profitability, technology and investment, balance between reuse and recycling, and regulations and safety requirements.
How Europe's Joint Research Centre Is Testing Batteries
Andreas Pfrang, a European Commission Scientific Officer, outlined some of the functionalities from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) battery testing laboratory in Petten, the Netherlands.
China's Take on Raw Materials Critical to EV Batteries
Defining critical raw materials is an exercise in responding to socio-economic forces, Alison Saxby said last month during the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference Europe. And China's approach has been different than other major players.
Raw Materials' Impact on EV Battery Market In Europe
"The Li-ion battery industry has proven to be a tough industry in the last decade. Abundant competition, steep learning curves, aggressive capital investments, and demand uncertainty have led to a low-margin industry," said Alison Saxby, Managing Director at Roskill Information Services. Yet Roskill predicts changing tides.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
ESS Inc. Announces the Energy Center, a Flexible, Scalable and Environmentally Sustainable Long-Duration Battery Storage System
ESS Inc., a manufacturer of long-duration iron-based flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications, announces the launch of its next-generation storage solution, the Energy Center. The Energy Center is a flexible utility-scale energy storage system designed and sized to the specific needs of front-side-of-the-meter use cases and larger commercial and industrial facilities. Based on the company's second-generation, 12+-hour duration flow battery power module, the Energy Center's design approach leverages and builds upon the company's proven containerized storage structure to deliver compelling value for asset owners and the lowest environmental impact to the planet.
Electriq Power Introduces AC-Coupled PowerPod 2 LFP-Based Residential Battery Storage System
Electriq Power announces the launch and ready availability of the PowerPod 2 AC-Coupled, the latest addition to their industry-leading family of PowerPod residential battery systems. The high-performance, cobalt-free PowerPod 2 AC-Coupled boasts even higher power output with LFP-based batteries and three models of usable capacity—AC-10 (kWh), AC-15 (kWh), and AC-20 (kWh)—to meet every homeowner's energy storage needs.
Updated Arc Flash PPE Hoods and Face Shields Improve User Comfort and Safety
Lithium Werks is pleased to announce that it has renewed its long-standing ISO 9001 certification, now valid through late 2023, and upgraded the prior TS 16949:2009 Automotive Quality Certification to the new IATF 16949:2016 certification, registered with BSI (British Standards Institute), for the Changzhou Electrode Coating and Cell Assembly plants..
A new era for international technology firm, SUNLIGHT
SUNLIGHT, a member of the Olympia Group and a leading international technology firm in energy production and storage has updated its corporate identity to reflect its new business strategy. Having recently completed a joint venture with Italian energy storage manufacturer, BMG Energy, and with plans to open a new subsidiary in North Carolina, the company is bolstering its aim to dominate the international batteries and energy storage market by enhancing its business model.
Former EnerNOC Chairman and CEO, Tim Healy, Among New Members of Packetized Energy's Board of Advisors
Packetized Energy announced that Tim Healy, former Chairman and CEO of energy intelligence and demand response leader EnerNOC, and Allison Bates Wannop, Founder of 44 North PLC, have joined its Board of Advisors.
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