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Innovation Review On Big Battery Tech
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| With Arwed Niestroj (President, Sakuu), William Paxton (Scientist, Volkswagen), Nick Macilveen (MD, Embarcatec), Dania Ghantous (VP Tech, Qnovo), Hyundo Kwon (Honda Xcelerator Ventures), Hideyuki Komatsu (Nissan). |
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May 13 (Wednesday) @ 08:30 AM
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Because big batteries are critical to electrification, & electrification is critical to carbon neutrality, Cleantech Council members & investors keep a close eye on innovation & startups in large batteries & large-scale energy storage. Join in May to hear from analysts, market leaders & startups working to improve the longevity, cost, size, safety, & chargeability of Battery Electric Energy Storage (BESS) & Electric Vehicle (EV) batteries.
As Lithium ion battery packs scaled-up in size from our portable Consumer Electronics devices into hybrid cars, BEVs, home power backup, & then into grid-scale Battery Electrical Storage Systems (BESS), scale economies & the learning curve have opened opportunities for the role of these big battery systems to radically change mobility & grid-scale energy systems.
Battery prices per kWh continue their aggressive decline, falling by 82% between 2013 & 2023 [BNEF], & continuing down since. This deflationary trend opened the door for investment & innovation which is yielding a diverse range of chemistries & form factors that are radically altering both mobility & the stationary power grid.
We are currently witnessing a diversification of the market where "one size fits all" no longer applies. Companies looking for energy storage solutions now have a range of choices among various battery types. For instance, the rise of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) for stationary storage & mid-range EVs is being complemented by high-performance nickel-rich chemistries, & let's not forget the steady march toward solid-state architectures. Or Sodium Ion batteries, which offer myriad benefits for stationary systems, & use much more readily available minerals.
As good as the chemistry advances have been, we've also seen phenomenal progress in BMS technology, manufacturing quality controls, charging rates, thermal management, packaging, & all these ancillary technologies that keep the chemistry working optimally & safely.
This meeting is going to touch on topics such as:
Storage solutions for intermittent renewables & Long-duration energy storage (LDES) for multi-day backup
New chemistries including Sodium-ion & Solid-State variants
Battery Management Systems (BMS) & predictive health monitoring
Advanced thermal control & safety protocols
Manufacturing innovations & "gigafactory" efficiency
Supply chain - security, ethical material sourcing, & domestic cathode production
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