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US entrepreneur launches Li-ion ESS firm with Sony

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Sony’s lithium-ion batteries are being used by a Hawaiian energy storage systems start-up Blue Planet Energy.

Blue Planet Energy’s self-contained energy storage package “Blue Ion” uses olivine-based phosphate cathodes rather than conventional lithium cobalt oxide along with its proprietary architecture and software.

Sony to close li-ion battery facility in Shimotsuke

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Battery manufacturer Sony is to close its Shimotsuke lithium-ion facility this September.

Sony is trying to improve the company’s efficiency in order to compete with foreign rivals, sources told the The Japan Times.

Sony and Hydro-Québec launch energy storage venture

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Japanese Sony Corporation and Canadian electricity supplier Hydro-Québec have established Esstalion Technologies, a venture to research and develop large-scale energy storage systems for power grids.

The joint venture will use Sony’s control technology for olivine-type lithium-ion iron phosphate rechargeable batteries and scalable module systems together with Hydro-Québec’s operation and control technologies for electric power supplies and lithium-ion material technology.