Lithium Price Surge Leaves Car Makers Comparing LFP with NCM batteries Updated On Fri, May 13th, 2022 by Saurenergy Steep rises in battery raw materials prices since the start of 2021 have favoured a faster shift to LFP batteries for electric vehicles, over NMC batteries. Cobalt and Lithium for example have become dearer by 70% and 700% respectively. The lowest-cost pack has always been lithium-iron-phosphate, or LFP, the preferred choice of Tesla, Volkswagon and […] Read more
Promise To Reality- 5 Battery Breakthroughs That Could Make It To Market Soon Updated On Wed, May 11th, 2022 by Saurenergy Innovation is inevitable. As any technology evolves, so do the expectations with it. Similarly, the battery technology has also been evolving, throughout history, in the desire to make it more efficient, powerful, dependable, sustainable, and whatnot. The lithium-ion batteries-saga itself is as old as 1970s, and is still improvising. However, a big complaint from industry […] Read more
Battery Boom Could Redraw Geopolitical Order Updated On Fri, May 6th, 2022 by Saurenergy Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has accelerated a shift to investment in renewables and storage batteries as a way to reduce dependence on imports of fossil fuels a large part of which comes from OPEC and Russia. Dependent on Russia for supply of gas everyday, Europe and USA are desperately trying to break free and access […] Read more
US Federal Government to spend $3 billion to boost electric vehicles and battery production in USA Updated On Wed, May 4th, 2022 by Saurenergy The administration of the US President Joe Biden has announced that a $3.1 billion plan will be formulated to give a fillip to the manufacturing of domestic electric vehicles batteries to expedite the transition of the USA from gas powered vehicles to electric vehicles. The per capita greenhouse gases’ emission in the USA is the […] Read more
Dependence on Lithium A Speed Breaker For EV Transition Updated On Tue, Apr 26th, 2022 by Saurenergy Lithium supply chain risks are wrecking plans for the expansion of EVs as well as large storage. Among its other uses in renewable technology, lithium is a key element in electric car batteries. Electric car sales are at an all-time high, with companies including Tesla, Volkswagen, and Mercedes posting record shipments in the first three months of […] Read more
Greenko-Cockerill JV to build 2 GW green H2 electrolyser plant in India Updated On Tue, Apr 12th, 2022 by Saurenergy Greenko ZeroC (GZC), a subsidiary of Greenko Group, an Indian clean-tech company, and John Cockerill, a Belgium-based designer and manufacturer of high-capacity alkaline electrolyzers, have agreed to together manufacture green hydrogen electrolyzers in the Indian sub-continent. The two companies will build a hydrogen electrolyser Gigafactory targeting capacity of two gigawatts which is aimed at substituting […] Read more
Rise In Key Input Metals Sends EV Prices Up in China Updated On Fri, Apr 8th, 2022 by Saurenergy Leading China-based EV manufacturers, that have sprouted to take advantage of the world’s largest EV market, have surprised potential customers with price hikes in recent weeks. The hikes come as a surprise to many people who have taken a drop in battery prices, which account for almost 40-50% of EV costs, for granted. As it […] Read more
In Conversation with Nitin Gupta, Co-Founder, Attero Recycling Updated On Thu, Apr 7th, 2022 by Saurenergy As the EV transition picks up pace, India’s progress will depend on the availability of Lithium-Ion batteries, and their cost. It’s a challenge for a country wholly dependent on imports for now, a dependence as crippling as our dependence on oil imports. Alive to the challange, the government floated a PLI scheme for battery manufacturing, […] Read more
Sulfur Batteries of Theion Offers 3X Energy Capacity, Affordability Updated On Tue, Apr 5th, 2022 by Saurenergy Berlin based battery start up Theion is coming up with its ‘Crystal Battery’ which – in comparison to lithium-ion batteries – increases the energy density of the cell by three times, requires 90 per cent less energy to produce them and costs far less. According to Theion, the Crystal Batteries employ lithium-sulphur cathode technology and […] Read more
