Canadian silicon anode materials developer NEO Battery Materials has announced that its P-300N silicon battery material has outperformed its target metrics for long-term capacity testing. The P-300N High-Stability Variant exhibited over 90% capacity retention for 300 cycles in the coin full cell format, exceeding the target set at 80% retention given the same cycle frequency. … Continue reading “NEO Battery Materials’ silicon battery achieves over 90% capacity retention at 300 cycles in coin cell”
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Photo: Enel North America The US installed 50 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in 2024, the largest single year of new capacity added to the grid by any energy technology in over two decades. That’s enough to power 8.5 million households. According to the US Solar Market Insight 2024 Year in Review report released today by … Continue reading “Solar adds more new capacity to the US grid in 2024 than any energy source in 20 years”
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Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution will supply batteries for the upcoming Rivian R2. LGES said the R2 will get a new type of cylindrical cell with six times the capacity of current cells. The battery blitz in America continues and the newest beneficiary of that is the upcoming Rivian R2. Rivian just inked a … Continue reading “2026 Rivian R2 Will Get New LG Cells With 'Six Times' The Capacity”
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As part of a product update, German automotive supplier Webasto has increased the energy capacity of its traction batteries from 35 to 40 kWh. The new Standard Battery Pro 40 is the same size as its predecessor (960 x 687 x 302 mm), allowing it to fit seamlessly into installation spaces that already use the … Continue reading “Webasto boosts energy capacity of its battery system for commercial EVs”
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As the electric vehicle market expands and the first wave of modern EVs ages, the topic of lithium-ion battery recycling arises. Is the industry ready to handle old batteries to protect the environment and provide valuable materials for new batteries? Well, the situation appears to be under control right now. According to Argonne National Laboratory’s … Continue reading “U.S. Battery Recycling Capacity To Triple In The Next Few Years”