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‘India should explore battery technologies beyond

lithium’

India needs to explore battery tech- as promising developments that could peak period to the peak period is
nologies other than lithium-ion, which transform the EV industry and drive incredibly important.”
is currently leading the industry due the next generation of EVs. VRFB is a
to its high storage capacity and quick rechargeable energy storage solution that Paul Smith of Energy Dome said the
charging, suggested experts participat- leverages vanadium ions for enhanced company’s CO -based CEAS (com-
2
ing in the ‘India Energy Storage Week longevity. The global market for VRFB pressed air energy storage) is a market-
(IESW) 2025’ event held in New Delhi was valued at $394.7-mn in 2023 and is ready solution that scales up to 1 GWh,
recently. This assumes signifi cance projected to grow at a compound annual which is now entering India through a
as the electric vehicle (EV) market is growth rate (CAGR) of 19.7% from partnership with NTPC.
gaining signifi cant traction in the coun- 2024 to 2030.
try, paving the way for a more sustain- Gunjan Kapadia, Co-founder and
able future. Concerning this, industry experts CEO of Sthyr Energy, introduced its
and leaders highlighted that, “India zinc-air battery technology, which
Batteries are one of the key com- needs battery technology beyond Lithium- offers long-duration storage of 10-24
ponents of EVs, with Li-ion techno- ion”, at India Energy Storage Week hours to support deeper discharge
logy currently leading the industry due (IESW) 2025, organised by industry cycles.
to its high energy density and quick body India Energy Storage Alliance
charging. However, concerns over the (IESA) from July 8-11. “As we increase more and more
limited availability of raw materials renewables in the system, we need to
for these batteries could create produc- Highlighting the rise of sodium- have more storage in the system to
tion challenges and potential shortages. ion batteries as a cost-effective, tem- balance the renewables,” Saurav
This highlights the urgent need for perature-resilient alternative ideal for Mitra, Director at Sumitomo SHI FW,
alternative battery technologies. stationary applications, William Tope, said, adding that “for this, we need inno-
CEO of LiNa Energy, said, “As we start vative storage solutions like thermo-
Researchers and experts are actively to move towards very high penetrations mechanical systems.” He further demon-
exploring innovative solutions, with of intermediate renewable generation, strated Liquid Air Energy Storage
Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries the importance of other battery indus- (LAES) as a thermo-mechanical,
(VRFB), thermo-mechanical systems, tries and long duration energy storage zero-critical-mineral solution with 80%
and sodium-ion technologies emerging to load shift at large scale from the off component sourcing already in India.

Agilent launches next-gen mass detectors in India

US-based analytical technolo-
gies specialist, Agilent Technologies,
has launched its ‘Infi nityLab Pro iQ’
series mass detectors in India. The
next-generation liquid chromato-
graphy-mass detection (LC-MS) help
scientists detect and analyse impuri-
ties, trace contaminants, and com-
plex biomolecules with ease and
sensitivity.

The newly launched series are
said to offer triple quadrupole-level

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