Sodium-Ion Battery Reliability for Backup Power: Standby
Every backup power project I have scoped in the last two years eventually arrives at the same uncomfortable question from the client: “If this cabinet jus…
Semi-Solid State Battery Design for Storage: Rack-Level
Why semi-solid state batteries are changing the safety case for grid storage
I have been specifying lithium battery racks for behind-the-meter and front-of…
Home Energy Storage Design for Farms: Irrigation Pump
I have spent the last eleven years designing lithium battery packs for residential and light-commercial projects, and no application punishes a copy-paste…
Battery Solution Testing for Robotics: End-of-Line
Every robotics programme I have supported eventually arrives at the same uncomfortable moment: the fleet is deployed, the robots are moving, and somebody a…
Sodium-Ion Battery Performance for Microgrids: Grid-Forming
Why Sodium-Ion Chemistry Now Matters to Microgrid Operators
I have been commissioning microgrid storage for rural cooperatives, mine camps and island resor…
Lithium Battery Reliability for Solar Kits (2)
I have been qualifying lithium battery packs for off-grid and portable solar kits for the better part of a decade, and the failures I see in the field alm…
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…