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German researchers develop sodium-ion battery based on lignin German researchers have developed a sodium-ion battery technology using lignin-based hard carbon as the negative electrode. The 1 Ah battery cell prototype showed no significant degradation after 100 charging and discharging cycles.

Emiliano Bellini

Feb 05, 2026

Software

Battery management systems key to deploying batteries in data centers A new study highlights the critical role of advanced AI-integrated battery management system technologies in monitoring, optimizing, and predicting battery performance for reliable and sustainable data center operations.

Emiliano Bellini

Feb 04, 2026

R&D

Market-driven battery storage delivers major economic gains, study finds Utility-scale batteries provide macroeconomic benefits through market-based operation, though regulatory shifts are needed to optimize grid support.

Jan 22, 2026

Sodium-ion batteries

New design specifications for sodium-ion batteries U.S. scientists used density functional theory to reveal how sodium ions are stored in nanoporous carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries, identifying dual ionic and metallic storage mechanisms within the pores. Their findings provide practical design guidelines to improve battery voltage, safety, and commercial viability for stationary energy storage.

Emiliano Bellini

Jan 21, 2026

R&D

Battery storage in Spain becomes unviable beyond 32 GWh of cumulative capacity, study finds Scientists from the University of Seville have developed real-time optimization models showing that electricity storage in Spain may be approaching its economic limit, with cumulative capacities above 32 GWh depressing prices and undermining project profitability.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Jan 20, 2026

R&D

Australia’s national science agency puts battery chemistries to test in tropical conditions Researchers from Australia’s national science agency have teamed with Malaysian authorities to explore how different battery chemistries perform under tropical stressors like heat, humidity and corrosion, and what this means for durability, safety and cost-effectiveness.

Jan 16, 2026

Technologies

Iberdola-led project develops solid-state battery module for stationary storage Basquevolt and Bcare have successfully developed and integrated the first solid-state cells into a module for stationary applications, accomplishing this within the Iberdrola-led ASTRA-CC project (2023–2025).

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Jan 15, 2026

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Energy storage system powered by forest waste retains 60% capacity after 10,000 cycles Researchers in Spain used electrodes derived from wood biomass discarded by sawmills as waste to create a hybrid system combining batteries and supercapacitors.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Mar 06, 2025

Technologies

Recycling lithium-ion batteries using cooking oil, water, and ultrasound Researchers at the UK’s University of Leicester have developed a method of extracting valuable metals from a waste product of used batteries with a mixture of water and vegetable oil.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Mar 05, 2025

Grid-scale

Quidnet Energy tests MWh-scale geomechanical energy storage Quidnet Energy has demonstrated its long-duration geomechanical energy storage (GES) at the megawatt-hour scale. The tech stores excess grid electricity by pressurizing water underground, later releasing it to supply reliable power.

Mar 04, 2025

R&D

New method to restore lithium-ion battery ageing With the help of artificial intelligence, Fudan University researchers have developed a new lithium carrier molecule, CF3SO2Li, significantly extending the life of lithium-ion batteries and restoring their electrochemical performance.

Feb 25, 2025

Technologies

Sodium-ion vs. lithium-iron-phosphate batteries Researchers in Germany have compared the electrical behaviour of sodium-ion batteries with that of lithium-iron-phosphate batteries under varying temperatures and state-of-charges. Their work shows how state-of-charge during cycling significantly affects the efficiency of sodium-ion devices.

Emiliano Bellini, Tristan Rayner

Feb 17, 2025

Grid-scale

Grid-forming-inverter-backed big batteries can raise renewables hosting capacity Researchers have recommended electricity transmission system operators (TSOs) consider grid-forming battery energy storage systems (BESS) to improve network stability and maximize system hosting capacity.

William Driscoll

Feb 12, 2025

R&D

How energy storage could transform the railway industry A new study determines what types of energy storage systems (ESS) are most promising for onboard and wayside storage.

Feb 10, 2025

R&D

Korean research boosts lithium battery stability, efficiency, density Scientists in South Korea have modified lithium-nickel-manganese-tetraoxygen (LNMO) cathodes to enhance lithium-ion battery stability and efficiency and boost lifespan and energy density.

Feb 07, 2025

Technologies

Pumped hydro and batteries can meet energy storage needs, study shows A new Australian National University study says long-duration pumped hydro on non-river sites, combined with batteries, can meet global energy storage needs.

Feb 03, 2025

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