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MiRIS in Belgium, a pilot project that uses three different battery technologies for stationary storage: two different types of flow battery and lithium-ion battery storage. Image: Anthony Price / IFBF.

Industry group hails inclusion of flow batteries in EU’s ‘Battery Passport’

January 26, 2023
The European Union has resolved a glaring omission in the design of its forthcoming Battery Passport, according to Flow Batteries Europe.
Domestic and international battery manufacturers have been supported by the European Commission's European Battery Alliance to date, but the latest announcements aim to provide a framework to boost industrial competitiveness and accelerate the EU's energy transition. Pictured is a lithium battery cell produced in Sweden by Northvolt, a European startup supported by the Alliance. Image: Northvolt.

European Union in provisional agreement on recycling, carbon footprint regulations for batteries

December 13, 2022
Rules on battery sustainability, performance and labelling will become more stringent within the European Union (EU).
LeBlock units can be easily put together to form large-scale battery storage installations for a wide range of applications. Image: Leclanché.

Thinking inside LeBlock: An in-depth look at Leclanché’s new modular ESS solution

May 17, 2021
Cost, complexity and carbon footprint. Earlier this month, Switzerland-headquartered Leclanché launched its new, modular energy storage system solution aimed at reducing all three of these challenging points for the industry. VP for system engineering Daniel Fohr and EMEA region sales and business development manager Cyril Carpentier speak about how and why Leclanché believe LeBlock solves some of the major concerns energy storage developers face.
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California city’s residents cut electricity bills by cutting carbon with solar-plus-storage

March 26, 2021
The residents of Parlier, a small city in Fresno County, California, are being offered a 20% reduction on their energy bills and reduce the amount of power they buy from utility Pacific Gas & Electric by 90%, by getting solar-plus-storage and energy efficiency equipment installed.
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‘Europe to be world’s biggest lithium-ion battery cell maker after China by 2025’

March 15, 2021
Europe is on course to become the world’s second-largest lithium-ion battery cell producing region by 2025, although some key challenges need to be addressed, a European Commission vice-president has said.
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EU’s new battery regulation carries ‘high ambitions’ but risks backfiring

December 17, 2020
The European Union (EU) looks set to introduce the “most extensive product legislation in the world for batteries,” but its potential shortcomings include the risk that battery prices could go up and that established manufacturers from Asia might be better positioned to benefit from the rules than the new European value chain.
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Coronavirus is bringing to light ‘cracks in US infrastructure and supply chain’

April 8, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis is bringing into the public eye the US’ dependency on importing goods, particularly batteries for advanced energy storage and electric vehicles, the CEO of a battery materials startup has said.

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