Circular economy in Silicon PV and Lithium Ion batteries – research paper – part 1
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10962247.2022.2068878 To meet net-zero emissions and cost targets for power production, recent analysis indicates that photovoltaic (PV) capacity in the United States could exceed 1 TW by 2050 alongside comparable levels of energy storage capacity, mostly from batteries. For comparison, the total U.S. utility-scale power capacity from all energy sources in 2020 was 1.2 TW, […]
Canalys estimates that 6.5 million electric vehicles (EVs) were sold worldwide in 2021, up 109% on 2020!
Demand for EVs stayed strong in 2021, but many more would have been sold had it not been for the chronic component shortages still affecting every car maker around the world. 85% of EVs sold globally were delivered to customers in Mainland China and Europe. 3.2 million EVs were sold in 2021 in Mainland China, […]
Switzerland has a giant water-battery !
Enormous Swiss water battery to start operating next week Switzerland’s got a giant water battery going.
Elektrek: USB-C charging for e-bikes?
Listen up, electric bike companies. You need to give your e-bike batteries USB-C charging, stat! “If you’ve owned an electric bike, e-scooter, or other personal mobility device (and especially if you’ve owned more than one), you know they all have a charger that pretty much fits nothing else you own. I have several electric bikes, […]
Everything about the chemistry of Lithium Ion Phosphate ; link on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlDd3jkcxoQ Everything Lithium Ion Phosphate
CATL’s new battery pack – Qilin – with excellent capacity and water cooling
CATL has unveiled a water cooled battery pack with excellent charge discharge characteristics. The Qilin Battery sets a new record for volume utilization at over 72 percent, making it the most integrated battery in the world today, according to CATL. The battery can reach an energy density of 255 Wh/kg, easily allowing the vehicle to […]
Cost-competitively meeting baseload demand 100% of the time requires storage energy capacity costs below $20/kWh
https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(19)30300-9 ” Wind and solar energy can produce decarbonized electricity, but to reliably meet demand these intermittent resources require other technologies such as energy storage, supplemental generation, demand management, and transmission expansion. Many studies estimate the costs of supplying electricity with renewables for particular storage cost assumptions.Here we study which characteristics most impact renewable electricity […]
Lithium Iron Phosphate helps low cost EVs
Looming lithium supply shortage threatens electric vehicle production, says latest Advanced Propulsion Centre demand report ” 25% of vehicles manufactured in Europe predicted to have LFP batteries, reducing reliance on nickel A modest global lithium deficit is likely in 2025, significantly widening by 2030 Investment needed now to scale up lithium industry, as it takes […]
Techcrunch on Lithium Iron Phosphate
From techcrunch.com TechCrunch – Startup and Technology News Henry Pickavet 3-4 minutes An older, cheaper and safer battery technology already dominating China’s electric vehicle industry is now poised to reshape battery manufacturing worldwide and boost EV sales in the United States — if the global lithium supply remains stable. A slew of patents for lithium-iron-phosphate […]
Lithium demand forecast: APC UK
https://www.apcuk.co.uk/app/uploads/2022/06/Q1-2022-automotive-industry-demand-forecast-report.pdf Q1 2022 Automotive industry demand forecast Limited lithium supply could be a potential bottleneck to global BEV penetration •Impact could be as much as 15 million fewer BEVs produced in 2030Mitigating strategies •Increase lithium supply by offering various incentives in sustainable Li mining •Recycle Li from various sources •Manufacturing smaller and modular batteries •Substitute […]