Semi-Solid State Battery Low Temperature Performance
Every fleet manager who runs equipment in a northern climate asks me the same question before they approve a new chemistry: how does it behave when the tem…
Sodium-Ion Battery for Robotic Lawn Mowers
As a senior lithium battery engineer at Horizon Power, I have spent the last few years helping original equipment manufacturers choose cells for autonomous…
Battery Solution for Ski Lifts and Aerial Ropeways
Most operators assume the public grid is the only thing keeping a detachable chairlift or gondola moving. In my field work at Horizon Power, I have stood a…
Sodium-Ion Battery for Construction Site Temporary Power
Diesel generators still dominate temporary site power: cheap to rent, familiar, and nobody was ever fired for ordering one. But after twelve years building…
Home Energy Storage for Remote Lodges: Sizing and Uptime
I have commissioned battery systems at three remote wilderness lodges over the past five years, and every one taught me the same lesson: a lodge is not a b…
Home Energy Storage Winter Performance and Derating
I install home energy storage in cold-climate homes and every November my service inbox fills with the same three questions: “Why does my battery die at th…
Sodium-Ion Battery Low Temperature Discharge Behavior
Every winter I get the same call from integrators in Harbin, Kazakhstan, and the Canadian prairies: their lithium iron phosphate packs lose so much usable…
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…
Sodium-Ion Battery Reliability for Backup Power (2)
Over the past eleven years I have specified, tested, and commissioned backup power systems on three continents, and the failure reports I keep on my shelf…