Home Energy Storage Communication Protocols Explained
When a homeowner asks me why their new battery will not charge, nine times out of ten the problem is not the cells. It is the conversation between the batt…
Semi-Solid State Battery Pilot Line Cost Modeling
When a customer asks me how much a semi-solid state battery will cost at volume, I tell them the honest number only exists after you have built the pilot l…
Home Energy Storage for Electric Cooking and Induction Loads
When I first started engineering residential lithium battery systems at Horizon Power, cooking was the last load anyone worried about. Gas dominated the ki…
Lithium Battery DC Fast Charging Interface Standards
I have spent more than a decade building lithium battery packs for vehicles and industrial equipment, and most DC fast charging debates obsess over kilowat…
Sodium-Ion Battery for Electric Boats and Ferries
Sodium-ion battery packs have crossed the line from laboratory curiosity to a genuine engineering option for short-route electric passenger vessels. Naval…
Sodium-Ion Battery for Utility Peak Shaving
Peak shaving looks like the easiest assignment you can give a battery. Charge while the grid is quiet, discharge while the feeder is loaded, and let the me…
Lithium Battery Cell Balancing: Passive vs Active Methods
Every lithium battery pack I have torn down after a field failure tells the same story in the data log: the cells did not fail together. One cell drifted,…
Lithium Battery for Marine Trolling Motors
I have spent a good part of the last twelve years on the electrical side of small craft — bass boats in the south, aluminium skiffs in the Pacific Northwes…
Lithium Battery Design for Mobility Devices: Airline and
Over the past eleven years I have personally managed the design, certification, and field rollout of lithium battery packs for more than 60 mobility device…
Sodium-Ion Battery Reliability for Backup Power (3)
Over the last six years I have signed off commissioning records for more than 400 sodium-ion battery cabinets installed as backup power in telecom shelters…