Why nickel-zinc ?
NiZn electrochemical system has been recognised since long time ago for its intrinsic qualities that distinguish it from other battery solutions, namely: abundance, availability, environmentally friendliness and sustainability of materials, stability, safety and robustness of the system. However, the short lifetime has prevented a major development and commercialisation of rechargeable nickel zinc battery technologies.
After 20 years of research, we have overcome this barrier.
Our mission is to bring better batteries to the market based on a promising rechargeable nickel zinc battery technology able to perform more than 5000 cycles at 100% DoD. Our ambition is to move from research to industrialization of our technology.
Find out about our most mature technology
2021-2024: LOLABAT project
The LOLABAT project brings together under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme a strong and complementary consortium of 17 European partners from 7 different countries (France, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and Italy) : 7 being R&D institutions (SuperGrid Institute, CEA, Stockholm University, DLR, Cergy University, ZSW and Genova University), 6 SMEs (Bcare, AITEC, Accurec, Optima, InExtenso and Sunergy ) and 4 large companies (EverZinc, EDP, RINA and KME).
The ambitions (2024 and after) of LOLABAT are to further increase the cycle life of NiZn (to at least 4000 cycles at 100% DoD), to develop the NiZn technology for grid applications and prepare it for a production in Europe. The well-balanced and interdisciplinary profiles of the partners covers satisfactorily the entire battery value chain along with the diverse fundamentals R&D fields required in the project. Moreover, an international advisory board, including large companies as General Electric, ENGIE, Orange, Naval Group and Chaowei Power Co., LTD, are involved in the development of the project, so that the use cases developed become real business models.
Our industrial partnership
Starting from 2017, we have strategically partnered with Chilwee Group in order to build a pilot production line for the Ni-Zn technology. Thanks to this partnership, we are able to produce small series of 100 Ah batteries for the LOLABAT project notably.
Chilwee Group is the largest lead acid battery manufacturer in China and is fully involved in the energy transition with a focus on developing technologies with the lowest possible environmental impact.
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