Industry news

With an expected 40,000 visitors and more than 1,000 exhibitors to ees and Intersolar Europe, the ees exhibition weighs in as the continent’s largest exhibition for batteries and energy storage.

Bavarian Varta Storage has taken the opportunity to unveil its latest lithium-ion storage system, as well as exhibit its entire storage portfolio at this year’s Intersolar Europe.

Tesla may be getting international acclaim for domesic electricity storage, but as far as Intersolar’s judges are concerned the real winners are a good deal smaller with names you may not have heard of: Kostal, Solarwatt and Aquion Energy all took home prizes for their domestic storage solutions.

Japan’s Toshiba Corporation is to supply lithium-ion batteries for the country’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS).

Fresh from the launch of its domestic lithium-ion energy storage system Tesla is set to pilot the technology in a 1MW application.

Lead-acid firm Exide Technologies has been hit with $20 million of additional fines for alleged excess emissions of lead and arsenic.

France’s largest battery storage system will use lithium-ion batteries to integrate renewable power generation on the grid.

Canadian firm Electrovaya has secured a deal to supply a Chinese battery manufacturer with its lithium-ion separator technology.

At a time when home energy storage systems are popping onto the market every other day – a UK based firm has launched a product that stands out from the rest.

A U.S. company is hoping its plastic bipolar plate patent will revolutionise the lead-acid battery industry.