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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Battery Solution Performance for Robotics: Peak-Power
When procurement teams ask me how to evaluate a battery solution performance robotics spec sheet, I always tell them the headline capacity number is the le…
Semi-Solid State Battery Design for Storage: Rack-Scale
Six months ago I stood in front of a 20-foot container that was supposed to be our flagship semi-solid state storage product, and the thermal imagery told…