08-15-2017, 01:25 AM
Hitachi Zosen in Japan has developed a prototype solid-state lithium-ion battery that it intends to commercialise over the next two years. “We can offer solid-state lithium-ion batteries that are on par with the liquid type in performance even now,” said Takashi Tanisho, president of Hitachi Zosen, in reports. Solid-state batteries are more durable and have better temperature performance. It has shipped samples of the battery to potential customers in the aerospace and automobile industries and plans to commercialise the technology in small cells by 2020, working with a local battery maker.
Hitachi Zosen ready to commercialise solid state lithium battery | eeNews Europe
A unique system for the compact storage of large quantities of energy is set up at Fraunhofer IISB in Erlangen and integrated into a modern DC power grid. As part of the center of excellence for electronic systems LZE, research is being conducted on how such an energy storage unit can contribute to the safe and clean energy supply of industrial plants and larger building complexes. The storage system is being set up as part of an LZE pilot project, titled DC backbone with current-gas coupling. The basic concept is to generate hydrogen from excess electrical energy, for example from a local photovoltaic system, and to store it safely and at high energy density in an organic carrier, even over extended periods of time. For later use, the hydrogen can be separated from the carrier again and converted into electrical energy by a fuel cell.
Long-term energy storage system uses hydrogen technology | eeNews Europe