Amara Raja Batteries Ltd, the leading industrial and automotive battery manufacturer has entered a formal agreement with Gridtential Energy to collaborate on bipolar battery technology on Monday, June 1.
As per the technology evaluation agreement, Amara Raja Batteries and Gridtential Energy will assemble and test Silicon Joule bipolar reference batteries (invented by Gridtential Energy) using Amara Raja's active material to determine improvements in cycle life, energy density, battery efficiency, charging rates and manufacturability.
"We are very positive about the economic value of lead-based batteries in the Indian market and Gridtential Silicon Joule bipolar technology can bridge the gap between current lead-based batteries and increasing demand for new energy storage applications," said S. Vijayanand, CEO, Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. “We look forward to seeing the results our teams can achieve working together on realizing more of the performance potential of lead-based batteries."
According to the statement released by the two companies, Silicon Joule bipolar technology enables an innovative class of advanced lead batteries with silicon at its core. It is a design-driven, low-cost, high-performance, patented energy storage solution that provides improved power density, cycle life, dynamic charge acceptance, and wider temperature range, with up to 40 percent lower weight, while retaining full lead-battery recyclability.
"The unique Silicon Joule bipolar technology from Gridtential holds significant potential to deliver enhanced value to our customers. And very importantly, Gridtential helps meet our environmental commitment based on lead battery recyclability greater than 99 percent,” commented Jayadev Galla, Vice-Chairman and MD at Amara Raja Batteries Ltd.
Gridtential Energy offers non-exclusive licenses for Silicon Joule technology, enabling manufacturing partners to easily adapt their factories to provide high performing, higher voltage 24V & 48V batteries to their customers for the hybrid-automotive, low-speed electric vehicles, energy storage system and home back-up markets -- all without giga-scale capital investments.
"We believe that Silicon Joule advanced lead battery technology is a perfect fit for the Indian market, offering a high-performance, low-cost solution,” said John Barton, CEO of Gridtential Energy. “We are excited by the opportunity to show that our advanced lead technology offers superior price-performance and confident that this will prove to be a successful platform for Amara Raja."