Shell has partnered with energy storage and clean fuel company ITM Power to build hydrogen electrolysis plant at its Rheinland refinery in Germany. The hydrogen produced from the proposed plant will be used to process and upgrade products at the refinery’s Wesseling site as well as explore its application in other sectors. The new unit, […]
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New battery technology funding announced
Business and researchers are being invited to apply for a share of £25m in the latest phase of the Faraday Battery Challenge. Innovate UK has up to £25m to invest in new automotive battery technologies that help to build the vehicle battery supply chain in the UK. The Faraday Battery Challenge is a £246m investment […]
Mercedes Developing Solid State Batteries, Applying Mild Hybrid Tech Across Range
Speaking to AutoGuide.com at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show, board member and head of R&D at Daimler Ola Källenius said the company is working with startups and other companies to develop various innovations for battery electric vehicles. Lithium-ion batteries will stick around for a long while, albeit in more advanced forms than now, but Mercedes believes solid state or another game-changing innovation will join in […]
The next step in energy storage: Large capacities for flexible and mobile use
Those in the know have long recognised that battery technology is indispensable to the energy transition. It makes it possible to meet a flexible demand for energy but usually requires a fixed installation. Bredenoord, developer and supplier of mobile power solutions, has devised a way to provide energy storage and emittance at any location, under […]
Electric bicycles emerge as hot trend in US
After a brutal horseback riding accident, Joseph Marino Jr. felt like his freedom was gone. His days of giving horseback tours seemed over. Following his third and final surgery in the spring of 2016 — a year after the incident — Marino knew he had to change something in his life. “I used to whip around […]
Ultra-luxe club for tech elites gives rare glimpse of what lives behind its doors
SAN FRANCISCO’S booming tech industry has brought a unique start-up culture with plenty of money to spend on things such as memberships for ultra-luxe clubs. One such club, known as The Battery, has been designed as an innovative social networking space and was created by the husband-and-wife founders of social network Bebo. The members-only clubhouse […]
