Lithium Battery Deep Cycle vs Starter Applications
Most battery bank failures I investigate come down to one thing: the wrong architecture. Not a bad brand, not a defective batch — the wrong build. A cran…
Sodium-Ion Battery Safety Profile and Abuse Testing
Over the last three years I have run abuse campaigns on more than forty sodium-ion cell builds in our own test house — 18650 and 26700 cylindricals, 20 Ah…
Battery Solution for Mobile Banking and Pop-Up Retail
I have spent much of the last six years specifying packs for two customers who look nothing alike on paper but need exactly the same thing: a mobile bankin…
Semi-Solid State Battery Certification and Transport Guide
I have shipped semi-solid state cells to test houses and customers on four continents, and the same conversation happens every time. A procurement team he…
Home Energy Storage Monitoring Apps and Data Tracking
I have commissioned several hundred residential systems, and I can tell you exactly which phone call I get most often. It is not about capacity, and it is…
Lithium Battery for Aviation Ground Power Units
The first battery ground power unit I commissioned sat on a Gulf stand where the tarmac measured 68°C at
two in the afternoon, replacing a diesel unit…
Sodium-Ion Battery for Data Center Backup Power
Over the last decade I have designed and commissioned backup battery strings for everything from a two-rack
network closet to a 12 MW colocation hall…
Battery Solution for Elevator and Escalator Backup
I have spent a good part of twelve years standing in elevator machine rooms that nobody visits until something goes wrong: a concrete box at the top of a…
Semi-Solid State Battery Degradation Mechanisms Explained
I have spent the last four years pulling semi-solid cells apart after they failed. Not the dramatic failures
thermal runaway, venting, fire but the quiet o…
Home Energy Storage in Hot Attics and Garages
Every residential installer has the same conversation weekly: “can we put the home energy storage battery in the garage, or up in the attic?” The answer is…