Solar costs of panels have come down by 99% as per Vox Magazine
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/11/20/18104206/solar-panels-cost-cheap-mit-clean-energy-policyAs Per Vox magazine – Solar costs have gone through the roof on the way downwards. Solar module costs have dropped by around 99 percent over the past 40 years.
Tsung Xu has written an excellent clean energy guide
Tsung Xu is an excellent engineer based out of Austin Texas. He has written an amazing guide on the clean energy transition, parts of which have been liberally used by me in my infographics section, with due credit to him. Here is a link to his work Thanks, Tsung Xu!
Vecmocon battery management systems
Vecmocon – is a BMS manufacturing and designing company that makes Battery management systems out of Okhla, New Delhi, India. They have customers all over India and they specialize in making algorithms, and designing circuitry. They have a good team of engineers.
Our Next energys mixed battery packs for BMW drive toa record range
From Techcrunch : Battery startup Our Next Energy (ONE) and BMW today said the carmaker’s prototype of its flagship EV, iX, will run on ONE’s unique Gemini dual-chemistry battery pack by the end of the year. BMW’s iX was introduced late last year with a maximum range of 324 miles, based on estimates from […]
Companies that are driving better recycling technology for lithium batteries
Startups are investing in battery recycling technology to make it more profitable Startups that are making Lithium Ion battery recycling more profitable ABTC: Take batteries apart the way they are constructed Li-Cycle: Break down whole packs, recycle all the materials Ascend Elements: Refresh the cathodes only Redwood Materials: Use stored energy in batteries to […]
Lilium has achieved horizontal flight with horizontal electric thrust!
Lilium, the electric plane maker, has achieved a stable wing transition Interesting work is happening at Lilium – they have achieved a transition of flight which is not only pushing downwards but also pushing forwards and letting the wings give the plane, lift and thus flight.
Toyota is building home storage batteries
Toyota has unveiled a giant battery for home storage applications Interesting work is happening at Toyota – they are scaling up their home storage battery business. The battery has a rated output of 5.5 kW and can be installed in outdoor environments. It is equipped with a hybrid power conditioner, a DC-to-DC converter, and a […]
Sila nanotechnologies is building batteries for Mercedes
Sila technologies Silicon Anode is getting commercialized via Mercedes Interesting work is happening at Sila Technologies – but they will need 1-2 bn USD to scale up their production to the levels needed to make EV batteries. As per Elon Musk – 99% of the problems in Battery Technology lie in the scaling up of […]
Quantscape senior personnel has resigned
SEC filings from QuantumScape indicate that their CTO has resigned. Interesting developments at QuantumScape
A novel manganese hydrogen battery has been developed!
Stanford scientists have developed a manganese-hydrogen battery that could fill a missing piece in the nation’s energy puzzle by storing wind and solar energy for when it is needed, lessening the need to burn carbon-emitting fossil fuels. New water-based battery offers large-scale energy storage Stanford link