Home Energy Storage Cost Optimization for New Homes (3)
I have walked through probably forty new-construction homes in the last three years where the homeowner signed a storage contract after the drywall went u…
Semi-Solid State Battery Cost Optimization for Robotics (3)
When a fleet manager asks me where the next ten percent of cost comes out of a robotics battery programme, the conversation usually drifts away from cell c…
Battery Solution Design for Equipment: Thermal Path
I have walked into three equipment OEMs this quarter asking the same question: “what is the easiest battery pack to live with for ten years?” Every time th…
Sodium-Ion Battery Testing for Microgrids: Grid-Forming
Over the last four years I have commissioned and validated more than thirty microgrid energy storage systems, and roughly half of the newer builds now use…
Lithium Battery Performance for Power Tools (2)
After fourteen years of building high-drain packs for cordless tool platforms, I have learned that “performance” is the most abused word in this industry….
Battery Solution Cost Optimization for Vehicles: Depot
When a fleet manager asks me to optimize the battery solution cost for a vehicle program, the first thing I write down is not a unit price per kilowatt-hou…
Sodium-Ion Battery Design for Street Lights: Cell Format
Most off-grid street-lighting tenders I worked on ten years ago were answered with lead-acid. The packs lasted three winters, the cabinets rusted, and the…
Lithium Battery Testing for Power Tools: Cell Binning and
I spent most of last year visiting three contract manufacturers that assemble 18 V and 36 V slide-pack lithium battery packs for cordless drills, impact dr…
Home Energy Storage Reliability for Cabins: Off-Grid Uptime
After eleven winters of specifying battery systems for remote properties — from one-room hunting shelters in the Rockies to two-bedroom off-grid cabins in…
Semi-Solid State Battery Reliability for Aerospace (3)
In fifteen years of designing lithium batteries for demanding platforms, I have learned that nothing exposes a cell chemistry faster than space. A ground…