Basque Television ETB ‘s Teknopolis programme of 19 and 20 November showed a report on batteries in which CIDETEC’s department of energy storage took part.
The report, broadcast on ETB1 on the 19th and by ETB2 on the 20th, addressed the state of the technology in Lithium Ion batteries based on the latest news regarding the problems experienced with the batteries of Samsung mobile phones, incidents that led to the withdrawal of the product from the world markets.
On behalf of CIDETEC, Idoia Urdampilleta, head of the Energy Materials Unit, explained both the current state of technology and the main challenges that R & D face in this field. It also showed the resources available at the centre, especially the battery manufacturing plant which was recently put into service.
The report can be seen at the following links:
Spanish version
http://teknopolis.elhuyar.eus/reportajes/5-claves-para-una-bateria-perfecta/
Basque version
http://teknopolis.elhuyar.eus/erreportaiak/bateria-perfektuaren-gakoak/
Energy Storage
AETP 2016 was held in Madrid on October 20 and was sponsored by CIDETEC, thus forming part of the group of major companies and organizations interested in sharing the latest developments in the market as well as the most important projects currently underway in Spain and Europe.
About a hundred participants took advantage of the meeting and attended presentations by recognized experts in the field, among which was Idoia Urdampilleta, head of the Materials for Energy Unit, representing CIDETEC, who gave the talk Energy storage, from the idea to the market.
AETP reaches its fourth edition this year, establishing itself as an essential venue for professionals of a growing sector.
Program of the event: http://www.energetica21.com/images/ckfinder/files/AETP%202016%20Programa(1).pdf
CIDETEC researchers took part in the recent event “The Battery Show” held in Novi, Michigan, between 13 and 15 September.
“The Battery Show” is one of the main technical and industry events of the year in the sector and has two distinct parts: exhibition and conference. The exhibition which focused on electromobility also touched on stationary storage, and is in fact one of the most extensive exhibitions celebrated internationally, covering the entire value chain of batteries from materials to battery packs and applications. Machinery manufacturers, auxiliary components industry and other sectors were equally represented. The conferences, meanwhile, have benefited from the presence of Top ranking technological and industrial agents, covering a wide range of topics, ranging from markets, to technology trends, manufacturing, second life of batteries or even to management of intellectual property.
The presence of CIDETEC at this event has allowed the centre to contrast its current views regarding the present and future of energy storage technologies and to create closer ties with some of the major industry players.
The aim of the project is to develop best-of-its-class bipolar plates for automotive stacks with superior corrosion resistance and durability while meeting commercial target cost.
Supported by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission in the context of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH-JU) public private partnership, the project has a multidisciplinary character which implies joint efforts of specialists from various areas: chemistry, physics, material science, fuel cell engineering. The consortium comprises five more organizations: Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux energies alternatives (France), Borit NV (Belgium), Impact Coatings AB (Sweden), SymbioFCell SA (France) and Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon – INSA Lyon (France); combining the collective expertise of bipolar plate and coating suppliers, system integrators and research institutes and thus removes critical disconnects between stakeholders.
The scientific objectives of this project are elaboration and characterization of low-cost new functional coated bipolar plates highly resistant to corrosion with low contact resistance. The COBRA project is providing the following specific benefits:
– Bipolar plate specifications based on agreed OEM system requirements;
– Performance and durability compatible with the stringent requirements of the automotive industry;
– Post-mortem studies, phenomena modeling and ageing simulation will be conducted;
– Development is tested in operating conditions and verified in detail on component, cell, and stack level by highly skilled research institutes and industrial partners;
– Testing on Marine and Automotive conditions will be tested on-field with operating fuel cell systems
The last meeting of the consortium was held in April in the facilities of CIDETEC, where the last results were discussed and the next steps were established. Part of the research carried out during the project is going to be disseminated in collaboration with INSA in the European Corrosion Congress 2016 (EUROCORR, September 2016).
The symposium will take place during the autumn meeting of the EMRS.
During the coming September, a symposium on materials for electrochemical energy storage for electric vehicles will be held under the European project MARS-EV (“Materials for Ageing Resistant Li-ion High Energy Storage for the Electric Vehicle”) coordinated by CIDETEC.
The said event will be held within the context of the autumn session of the EMRS, European Materials Research Society, and will take place in Warsaw from 19 to 23 September 2016. It will focus on materials for lithium ion, modelling, life cycle analysis, recycling and post-lithium ion technologies.
You may send in contributions to the symposium until May 16.
More information is available on the event website:
http://www.european-mrs.com/materials-electrochemical-storage-systems-electric-vehicles-emrs
