Altech Batteries has announced that it has progressed funding of its CERENERGY sodium-chloride solid-state battery project in Saxony, Germany, appointing key advisers to assist. The company, through its Germany subsidiary Altech Batteries GmbH, appointed a global big four professional services firm to assist in securing finance for the 120MWh CERENERGY battery manufacturing plant. The project’s…
Sodium battery developer Altech Batteries has announced that its first CERENERGY ABS60 battery prototype is online and operating successfully having completed all physical tests ‘with flying colours’. The prototype was installed at Altech’s joint venture partner Fraunhofer IKTS’ test laboratory in Dresden, Germany, and integrated into a specially designed battery test station. This setup enables…
GT Recycling officially opens Geelong soft plastics plant Geelong, Victoria’s GT Recycling has officially opened its soft plastics recycling facility in a ceremony attended by local MPs. The $4.7 million facility is supported by a $3 million federal government grant. The new facility marks a major milestone in the fight against plastic waste, turning recycled…
Altech Batteries has reported significant progress in manufacturing its CERENERGY ABS60 BatteryPack prototypes in partnership with the German Fraunhofer institutes research and development organisation. The company told investors that all 240 cells for the first ABS60 BatteryPack Prototype had been assembled and initialised at high performance ceramics R&D institute Fraunhofer IKTS, Hermsdorf, Germany (pictured). The…
Silicon battery developer Altech Batteries has reported ‘excellent progress’ in the manufacture of prototype CERENERGY battery developed in joint venture with Germany’s Fraunhofer IKTS institute. Fraunhofer has developed a pilot plant in Hermsdorf, Germany which has been building two 60 kWh silicon battery pack prototypes designed for the grid storage market since 2023. The battery…
Altech Batteries is rapidly progressing plans to manufacture in Germany its CERENERGY battery developed in joint venture with Germany’s Fraunhofer IKTS institute. Key workshops were held in May at the Fraunhofer ceramics research institute facilities in Dresden to finalise the plant’s design and select key suppliers. Altech Managing Director Iggy Tan said: “The level of…
