batteries

Australian battery company Redflow has announced that its new ZCell battery is compatible with the SP PRO battery inverter from Melbourne-based electronics manufacturer Selectronic Australia. Selectronic is a 52-year-old Australian company that designs and manufactures battery inverters, which are sold in Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe and South America. The SP PRO is a smart multi-mode … Continue reading ZCell gives green light for Selectronic battery inverter →

The bill of materials (BOM) for an iPhone 7 equipped with 32GB of NAND flash memory costs $219.80, according to a preliminary estimate from IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a specialist critical information, analytics and solutions. After $5 in basic manufacturing costs are added, Apple’s total cost to manufacture the iPhone 7 rises to $224.80. The … Continue reading Apple charge consumers three times the price of iPhone7 build →

HP has announced a new series of laptops – that HP ProBook 400 G4 Series. It comes with the latest seventh-generation Intel Core processor, or seventh-generation A-Series APUs from AMD. Its graphics are powered by the NVIDIA GeForce 930MX, and is paired with 16GB of RAM. The laptop has full HD displays, USB-C ports, and … Continue reading HP releases new laptop with huge battery life →

Following the Galaxy Note7 overheating battery issue, Samsung has announced that it will make new replacement devices available for Australian customers from September. “We would like to thank our loyal customers for their patience, and apologise for the inconvenience,” said Richard Fink, Vice President IT & Mobile, Samsung Electronics Australia. “We have been working hard to … Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Note7 replacements arrive →

REDARC’s new Battery Master Isolation Switch (BMIS) is designed for commercial vehicles and other heavy trucks, developed and manufactured in its Adelaide-based facility. The BMIS is designed to safely isolate the vehicle batteries in both 12 volt and 24 volt vehicles and is claimed to ensure reliable performance when the vehicle is operating. Designed and … Continue reading New isolation switch for commercial vehicles →

After announcing the arrival in Australia of its first shipment of batteries for ZCell-based energy storage systems, Redflow has revealed the initial seven companies approved to offer ZCell throughout Australia. The first ZCell installers are Geographe Electrical Communications (WA), Off-Grid Energy Australia (SA, VIC, ACT, NSW, TAS and southeast QLD.), SolarQuip (VIC), Standard Solar (national), … Continue reading Roll out begins for solar storage battery →

A PhD student at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is aiming to create advanced lithium-ion batteries that can not only boost the effectiveness of renewable energy sources, but are also less harmful for the environment.

Forklift manufacturer still has selected GNB’s TENSOR batteries for a large new fleet change underway at a major logistics firm.

SCIENTISTS in the US have found a way to use a simple manufacturing technique to build a high-capacity battery material that protects itself from damage.

DR NEERAJ Sharma, from UNSWs School of Chemistry, is developing next-generation rechargeable batteries that couple with solar cells, and run on seawater.

Lithium-ion batteries are a rapidly growing energy storage method due to their high energy density, especially in mobile applications such as personal electronics and electric cars.

Australian company Redflow is charged up to meet growing demand for robust long-life batteries that enable both homes and businesses to store electricity generated by their solar panels.

COBALT mined by children is getting into the lithium-ion battery supply chain used by key electronics companies like Apple and Samsung, claims Amnesty International.

THE ACT is aiming to become a centre for distributed solar storage innovation and solutions, thanks to $20 million in funding for a Next Generation Renewables Pilot program.

LITHIUM-Sulphur batteries promise to deliver more efficient, low-cost energy stoage for everything from large scale electricity networks to portable devices.

RESEARCHERS at the Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy (MCEM) have developed new methods by which they can directly observe and measure the tiny displacements of atoms.

A MULTINATIONAL team of researchers say they have found a way to reliably use aluminium as an anode to drastically improve the cycle life, capacity and power of lithium-ion batteries.

QUALCOMM Technologies has engineered a solution that allows devices like phones to wirelessly recharge, even if they have metal exteriors.

SUNSHINE Coast company Nano-Nouvelle has raised $3.7 million to support its development of a 3D nano-structured, porous electrode.

SAMSUNG Electronics has developed a new way to construct Lithium-Ion batteries that could yield almost double the battery life.