The field of energy storage is up for a major transformation! In the past couple of months, breakthrough technological developments have hit the news, and they're set to revolutionize how we capture store and hold onto clean energy in the coming decades. From battery chemistry innovation to gravity and concrete batteries, get ready to be amazed by the future of energy storage!
Rudong EVx: World's first commercial-scale gravity energy storage system
Energy Vault Holdings has completed the testing and commissioning of the 'Rudong EVx', the world's first commercial-scale gravity energy storage system (GESS) in China.
Concrete Batteries: The emerging 'building blocks' for energy storage
A team of research scientists led by Damian Stefaniuk at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge are working on a new pathway for making 'supercapacitors' out of three basic 'building' materials such as cement, water, and carbon black.
CATL's latest 'Tianheng' BESS claims zero degradation for 5 years
CATL recently launched its latest battery energy storage system (BESS) named 'Tianheng' in China to tap the emerging domestic and global ESS markets. The new product is claimed as the world's first mass-produced BESS to achieve zero attenuation for the first five years of its life span.
Pilot test of concrete thermal energy storage (CTES) system
Energy Vault Holdings has completed the testing and commissioning of the 'Rudong EVx', the world's first commercial-scale gravity energy storage system (GESS) in China.
Gotion announces latest battery innovations including all-solid state battery
Gotion High-tech has introduced three new battery products, namely ultra-fast charge support 'G-Curent', 'Stellary Battery' with large cylindrical cells, and 'Gemstone', the company's first-generation all-solid-state battery pack.
First large-scale sodium-ion battery facility operationalized in China
China Southern Power Grid Energy Storage has put a 10 MWh sodium-ion battery in Nanning into operation. The facility uses than 22,000 sodium battery cells of 210 Ah capacity that can be charged to 90 percent in 12 minutes.