All Battery Technologies articles – Page 2
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Green Technologies
Largest building integrated photovoltaic perovskite project completed
Using technology that could be used in boat building halls, solar specialists Microquanta has installed a translucent roof with a capacity of 17.62 kW
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Battery Technologies
FPT launches new modular battery pack
eBS 37 EVO offers high output in a compact, comparatively light weight footprint weighing just 260kg
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Battery Technologies
Borg Warner expands electric motor and battery business
Well-known in the marine sector for its drive systems, Borg Warner has now developed a powerful Ultra Short High Voltage Hairpin electric motor that is selling well in China
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Battery Technologies
New chemistry improves affordable sodium-ion batteries
In the search to find alternatives to expensive lithium-ion batteries, a recent breakthrough could make the much cheaper sodium versions more efficient
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Battery Technologies
Longer lasting aluminium batteries
Aluminium-ion batteries are seen as a potential energy solution for large yachts, and a recent breakthrough has dealt with some of the chemistry’s drawbacks
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Battery Technologies
Symbio fuel cells receive benchmark certification
Boost to roll out of fuel cells for potential marine propulsion
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Battery Technologies
Better lithium battery recycling could cut costs by 40%, study says
An international research group reports that more efficient methods of lithium battery recycling could reduce the price of new cells and curb secondary pollution
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Battery Technologies
Using digital twins for better designs of batteries and pumps
A collaboration between Siemens and SPX Flow has highlighted the transformative potential of using a precise replica of a physical system to accelerate innovation
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Battery Technologies
Automated temperature monitoring for stored batteries
With many boatbuilders now storing large banks of lithium batteries prior to installation, a new temperature monitoring system from Brady can detect any potential issues
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Electrification
Megawatt charging standard to accelerate marine electrification
The ability to fast charge a commercial battery bank in a matter of minutes will help promote larger and fast electric motoryachts, but a standard plug is required
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Battery Technologies
Can quasi-solid-state lithium batteries deliver greater safety and durability?
Japanese researchers claim a new quasi-solid-state battery design outperforms contemporaries by being both fireproof, more durable and higher in overall performance
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Battery Technologies
Ceramic solid-state battery offers 1000km range
Longer ranges for electric boats with faster recharging could be the result of this breakthrough which uses a silicon composite anode.
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Battery Technologies
Can non-flammable EV batteries outperform lithium?
While range anxiety tops electric propulsion worries for consumers, boat builders fret about potentials fires and liability risk. Could a new non-flammable, high performance battery under development in the US prove the answer to both concerns?
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Battery Technologies
Batteries made from rice
US researchers say that burnt rice hulls could become a key ingredient in future battery designs
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Battery Technologies
Overcoming battery range anxiety
The biggest impediment to more widespread adoption of electric propulsion may lie in the way we position battery capacity, with a continual focus on operation at wide open throttle. Could education to better inform buyers’ attitudes be the key to adoption gains?
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Battery Technologies
Potential Australian battery gigafactory project gets help from marine industry
Based in New South Wales, Rechargable Boats assists with research into the viability of a battery Gigafactory, and takes part in lifesaving trials
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Battery Technologies
Are production dress rehearsals the new norm for tech manufacturing?
Honda’s new ¥43bn battery production line isn’t for actually building batteries – it’s simply a demonstration unit that will be used to refine the fabrication process before production even begins
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AI
Can AI prevent lithium battery fires?
New research suggests that AI can detect conditions that lead to lithium-ion battery fires through audible cues