The key to making longer-lasting electric vehicle batteries may not be specialised materials or new chemistry, but simple physical pressure, according to new research. The longer your product will last, the fewer the number of times you’ll have to recycle the materials. And we are very bad at recycling batteries Michael De Volder Researchers led … Read more
Saxony-Anhalt, 1 July 2026 — Today BW ESS, the global energy storage owner-operator, breaks ground on one of Europe’s largest battery energy storage projects to date, the 1,000MW / up to 5,700MWh Klostermansfeld BESS. Located in the Mansfeld-Südharz region, Saxony-Anhalt, in close proximity to the Klostermansfeld substation, the project is the largest of its kind in Germany. … Read more
Three leading UK engineers are to be presented with The Princess Royal Silver Medal, one of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s most prestigious individual awards. They will receive their medals at the Academy Awards Dinner in London on Wednesday 8 July from HRH The Princess Royal, who is a Royal Fellow of the Academy. The … Read more
For decades, the data center battery had one dominant selection question in classic UPS (uninterruptible power supply) duty: how many minutes it could support the load before the generator or another backup source took over. Engineers sized it by load, judged it by runtime, and swapped it on a schedule. AI is changing what the … Read more
London, 16th June 2026 – AVILOO, the global leader in independent EV battery diagnostics, today announces the launch of the AVILOO Battery Warranty in the UK – the first product of its kind to provide used EV buyers with genuine, financially backed protection based entirely on independent battery health data. The warranty comes into effect in … Read more
An End-to-End BESS Solution Combining Dukosi’s Chip-on-Cell Technology with C-SynQ®, A123’s Next Gen High Capacity LFP Cell Technology and Nuvation’s BMS Design to Address Growing Market with Proven and Compliant Solutions EDINBURGH, United Kingdom, 8 June, 2026 — Dukosi Ltd, the technology company revolutionizing the performance, safety and sustainability of high-power battery systems, announces its collaboration … Read more
Ricardo, a world-leading engineering and manufacturing consultancy, has secured funding to design and develop a next-generation Advanced Modular Battery Systems (AMBERS). Bringing together leading UK capabilities across cell supply, systems engineering, and pack manufacturing to accelerate time to market of scalable, high-power battery platforms for use in automotive, aerospace, off-highway, and defence applications, with the … Read more
The Basque centre is working with startups, manufacturers and industrial companies to validate and scale sodium-based technologies. CIC energiGUNE, the Basque benchmark centre in electrochemical and thermal energy storage and conversion, is driving from the Basque Country the development, validation and scale-up of sodium-ion-based technologies, with the aim of accelerating their transition from the laboratory … Read more
CATL’s Xiamen Energy Storage Validation Research Institute (ESVL), the world’s largest and most comprehensive one-stop testing and validation platform in the industry, officially commenced operations on May 28th, marking a major step into the era of real-world validation for the industry. (Xiamen Energy Storage Validation Research Institute) Spanning 10 hectares and backed by an investment … Read more
German battery manufacturer EAS Batteries has commercialized its ultra-high-power lithium-ion LFP cell, initially launched in March 2026. The cell incorporates Asahi Kasei’s novel acetonitrile-containing electrolyte Acetolyte™, whose high ionic conductivity reduces internal resistance and improves rate capability, especially under demanding temperature conditions. In November 2025, Asahi Kasei signed a licensing agreement with EAS Batteries covering the use … Read more
