Batteries & Other Energy Storage Devices
September 2025
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Dr. Karen Wooley, Texas A&M
What if your next battery could be made from the same kinds of ingredients found in your body? That’s the idea behind a breakthrough battery material made from natural, biodegradable components. It’s so natural, it could even be consumed as food.
A team of researchers at Texas A&M University, including
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Date:
09/25/2025
New Large Battery Plant against Blackouts built in Germany
re.venture has announced the development and construction of a large-scale battery storage park in Brandenburg, Germany. The project will be one of the largest commissioned battery plants in Germany.
Covering an area of 1.5 hectares, it will have a capacity of 60 MW and a storage capacity of 240 MWh – e
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Date:
09/17/2025
Power Up Connect Launches the World's First of Its Kind Mobile Battery Storage System
Power Up Connect has introduced the MBESS 90 kWh, recognized as the world's first International Fire Code compliant Mobile Battery Energy Storage System. This milestone represents the result of a three-year collaboration between Power Up Connect and Dominion Energy. Currently, the MBESS 90 kWh is the only MBE
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Date:
09/11/2025
Pfannenberg USA Introduces Next-Generation BESS Chillers: VLV and DMC Series Redefine Battery Thermal Management
Pfannenberg, Inc., a global leader in thermal management and signaling technologies, is proud to announce the launch of its latest innovation in battery energy storage system (BESS) solutions: the award-winning VLV 4-12 and DMC 8.0 Chillers, engineered specifically for the demanding needs of today’s BE
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Date:
09/08/2025
Zevtron Partners with SpotGenius to Monitor EV Charging Spaces with Vision AI Technology
Zevtron, the leading provider of intelligent EV charging solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with SpotGenius, an innovator in camera-based parking and space monitoring technologies. The collaboration will integrate SpotGenius’ Vision AI Technology into Zevtron’s industry-leading EV
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Date:
09/04/2025
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Figure 1: EZ-USB™ FX2G3 architecture block diagram
Embedded designers often face trade-offs between resource-limited microcontrollers and power-hungry application processors. For devices that require sensor data processing and efficient data transmission like cameras, biometric sensors, and portable instruments, a dedicated USB device controller bridges the gap.
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Date:
09/03/2025
FORVIA HELLA and Tau Motors Partner to Develop Advanced Charging Solutions
The international automotive supplier FORVIA HELLA and Tau Motors, a pioneer in software-defined power conversion, are working on advanced charging solutions in the context of a strategic development cooperation. The focus is on the development of a "virtually isolated Onboard Charger (viOBC)" for el
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Date:
09/02/2025
Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD
I’ve been writing about solid-state batteries for a while now, both in this column and in my weekly blogs. The problem with battery technologies is that you are often writing about innovation that may not come to market for a number of years or even decades, if at all. Now, it seems that solid-state batteries ar
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Date:
09/01/2025
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Figure 1: A robotic lawnmower cuts grass on a green lawn with sunlight shining through the grass blades
The next wave of battery innovation is unfolding across a broader range of applications, from e-bikes and lawn equipment to solar-powered RVs, marine systems, and autonomous machines. These categories are rapidly adopting electrification, driven by the growing use of advanced battery chemistries such as lithium ir
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Date:
09/01/2025
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