February 12, 2021: The UK’s National Grid says energy storage will have to play a bigger part in keeping the country’s lights on during a winter in which the operator…

February 12, 2021: Batteries International is sad to report that Jeffrey Degen, who worked for Johnson Controls Automotive for 14 years, passed away on February 2 at the age of…

February 12, 2021: Electric car maker Tesla said on February 4 that it will replace the auxiliary lead batteries with lithium-ion in future versions of its models S and X.…

February 12, 2021: A report released on February 9 by the market intelligence firm Guidehouse Insights (formerly Navigant Research) has identified telecoms as a growing potential for lead-acid batteries, as…

February 12, 2021: Israeli energy storage firm Chakratec has installed its flywheel technology at one of the hotel chain Premier Inn’s facilities in Germany to allow guests to charge their…

February 12, 2021: Energy spending broke records last year driven by Europe, with an unprecedented $500 billion recorded by the news agency BloombergNEF as being funnelled into renewables, storage and…

January 28, 2021: A fire broke out in the battery manufacturing plant of Jász-Plasztik, the Hungarian lead battery manufacturer and plastics group, during the night of January 20. In a…

January 28, 2021: Lead concentrates producer and battery recycler Doe Run has promoted Bart Stoessel to marketing manager, the company announced on January 25. Stoessel, who has been with the…

January 28, 2021: George Brilmyer, senior development engineer at separator firm Microporous and a well known industry figure for a generation, announced on January 25 he was planning to retire…

January 28, 2021: Lead battery recycling firm Aqua Metals said on January 25 it was working with BASF to try out the German chemicals giant’s electrolyte in its AquaRefining process.…