https://liten.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Smart-Energy-Systems/Kick-off-Meeting-INTEGRAL-Project.aspx CEA-Liten (Laboratory of Innovation for New Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials) is the first European institute entirely dedicated to energy transition. Its activities focus on several key areas: solar energy, network management, storage including batteries and hydrogen in a logic of energy efficiency and circular economy. en-US https://liten.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/PublishingImages/Home/CEA-Liten-Logo.png https://liten.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2026/Using-deep-learning-models-better-estimate-state-health-Li-ion-batteries.aspx By combining two AI models with transfer learning techniques, researchers from CEA-Liten and CEA-Leti have managed to estimate the state of health of Li-ion batteries with unprecedented levels of accuracy. What’s more, these results were based on a real-world dataset of just 40 cells! This major breakthrough will help improve battery use and extend their lifespan. Batteries ; Energy storage ; Innovation for industry Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Leti News AxesBatteries; Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Ultra-thin-lithium-metal-electrodes-for-tomorrow-all-solid-state-batteries.aspx All-solid-state batteries are a promising avenue for the next generation of energy storage systems, especially for electric vehicles, aerospace and defense. It could increase the - energy density at the cell level by up to 50% while also improving system safety. One of the main challenge to industrialize this technology is to scale up the fabrication of very thin and uniform lithium metal negative electrode In 2022, the CEA, Saft (a TotalEnergies company), and Automotive Cells Company (ACC) kicked off a joint R&D project to address these issues. The initial results have just been published. Innovation for industry ; Renewable energies ; Batteries Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News AxesBatteries; Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Giving-batteries-a-second-life.aspx The CEA is innovating to facilitate the reuse of end-of-life batteries and is developing tools and methods to, for instance, quickly identify their state of health or predict their lifetime in a future application. Batteries ; Innovation for industry ; Technical and economic aspects of energy Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Ines News AxesPV;AxesBatteries; Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Brand-new-way-better-assess-environmental-impact-batteries.aspx How can you design batteries with the lowest possible impact on the environment? Well, together with Laboratoire G-SCOP, CEA researchers combined LCA with parametric models. This unprecedented method allows them to quantify the impact of design choices on a battery’s environmental impact, including its lifetime. Batteries ; Energy storage ; Innovation for industry Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News AxesBatteries;AxesEcoCirculaire; Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/overchardged-battery-deteriorate-in-real-time.aspx By combining X-ray diffraction and small angle scattering at the ESRF, electrochemical analysis and gas detection, CEA researchers have managed to track the degradation of an overcharged Li-ion battery in real time. This breakthrough brings great opportunities, including the ability to identify the optimal operating range, refine aging models, and improve post-production quality models. Batteries ; Lithium-ion batteries ; Energy storage ; Innovation for industry Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions DES News lithiation;Battery;lithium-ion;electrodes;batteries;AxesBatteries; Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Li-ion-Battery-Safety-CEA-Joins-a-New-European-Project.aspx SAGELi aim of developing safer and more sustainable lithium-ion batteries. The project seeks to resolve the NMC cells thermal runaway issue by exploring new positive electrode materials. Batteries Teachers ; Institutions ; Companies DES News batteries Li-ion;AxesBatteries; Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Lithium-metal-batteries-model-understanding-formation-dendrites.aspx Why do lithium dendrites form in lithium metal batteries? This unwanted phenomenon has been delaying the highly anticipated advent of these batteries–given their record-setting gravimetric capacity– for many years. And the modeling tool developed by CEA-Liten has shed some light on why this occurs. Batteries ; Energy storage Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News Battery;dendrites;lithium;AxesBatteries; Tue, 08 Jul 2025 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/A-promising-proof-concept-Liten-potassium-ion-cells.aspx With no critical materials, low impact preparatory and synthesis processes, and promising performance, the first K-ion full-cells to be assembled and tested by CEA-Liten have a bright future ahead of them. Efforts have intensified in this area with a thesis, and Carnot and PEPR (Priority Program and Equipment for Research) projects. Batteries ; Energy storage ; Innovation for industry Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News cell: battery;carnot;K-ion;potassium;PEPR;Material;graphite; Wed, 14 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Journey-to-the-core-of-a-fast-charging-Lithium-Ion-cell.aspx The latest modeling tools, which are both powerful and yet efficient in terms of computational resources, can now be used to simulate the fast charging of an 18650 cell, by characterizing current and temperature heterogeneity, stoichiometry of electrode materials, and location of lithium plating, etc. This marks a major step forward in developing safer, more efficient and durable batteries. Batteries ; Lithium-ion batteries ; Energy storage ; Energies Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News modeling;tool;Charging;lithium;Battery;Fast;batteries;electrode;plating;stoichiometry;AxesBatteries; Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Technological-innovation-Connecting-PV-power-plants-more-efficiently-to-high-voltage-grids.aspx Over time, this innovation could completely eliminate the need for transformers operating at 50 Hz, as photovoltaic sources and other renewable energies could be connected directly to the distribution network via this innovative power electronics. Innovation for industry ; Photovoltaic solar power ; Renewable energies ; Electrical grids Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Ines News PV;AxesPV;photovoltaic;AxesSystemes;grids;Smart grids; Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/PhD-2025-Join-us.aspx Are you a Master 2 student in your final year of engineering school? Do you dream of contributing to the energy transition and the decarbonization of our systems? CEA-Liten, a laboratory of excellence dedicated to new energies and technological innovation, is offering you this unique opportunity! Energies ; Renewable energies ; Photovoltaic solar power ; Innovation for industry ; Energy efficiency ; Energy storage Researchers ; Young people Liten News students;PhD;thesis; Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Batteries-propagation-thermal-runaway-all-solid-state-closely-monitored.aspx As part of some thesis work on the propagation of thermal runaway, a CEA-Liten team found that this very phenomenon occurs in certain all-solid-state cells, despite them being regarded as safer. This research also identified the key factors contributing to this process. Batteries ; Lithium-ion batteries ; Renewable energies ; Innovation for industry Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News all-solid-state;AxesBatteries;Cell;thermal runaway;propagation;monitoring;Battery;batteries; Thu, 06 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2025/Placing-sensors-inside-battery-cell-impacts-anode-lithiation.aspx The local electrochemical behavior of a lithium-ion battery cell is altered by sensors placed inside the cell according to research by CEA-Liten, CEA-Irig, and four other partners*. The results, published in Nature Communications, could help battery manufacturers improve their products. Lithium-ion batteries ; Batteries ; Innovation for industry ; Energies Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions IRIG News nature communications;lithiation;AxesBatteries;sensors;anode;IRIG;electrochemical; Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2024/Backing-up-electricity-grid-with-heat-pumps.aspx Our power systems are changing. They are adapting to the introduction of decentralized and variable electricity production sources such as renewable energies, to the massive electrification of uses such as mobility, and to technological progress. Electrical grids ; Renewable energies Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Ines News RTE;INES;heat pumps;Renewable energies;electrification;stability;Flexibility; Wed, 27 Nov 2024 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Smart-Energy-Systems/Phase-change-material-studied-for-optimised-thermal-energy-storage.aspx Thermal storage makes it possible to recover the heat lost in industry. The use of Phase Change Materials (PCM) is a relevant technological solution. CEA-Lite studied the commercial material HITEC and received an award for this work. Energy efficiency Companies ; Journalists ; Researchers ; Teachers News heat;Energy efficiency; Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2024/WATTALPS-raises-11-millions-euros.aspx Grenoble, France startup WATTALPS, a CEA spinoff, is helping electrify the construction, farming, mining, transportation, shipping, logistics, warehousing, and sports vehicle markets with its immersion-cooled batteries for heavy equipment. The company recently announced that it raised €11 million in capital. Batteries ; Lithium-ion batteries ; Innovation for industry Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News start-up;startup;batteries;AxesBatteries; Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2024/Waste-heat-recovery-for-more-energy-efficient-food-manufacturing-processes.aspx ​The heat generated by industrial processes can be captured and reused, reducing overall process-related energy consumption—a concept that is particularly promising for the food manufacturing industry. CEA-Liten brings years of thermal engineering expertise to innovative new waste heat recovery, storage, and reuse technologies, including a patented solution that can cut the primary energy consumption of batch sterilization processes by more than a third.​ Renewable energies ; Innovation for industry ; Energy efficiency Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News AxesEcoCirculaire;sterilization;waste heat;processes;Food manufacturing; Thu, 05 Sep 2024 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/stellantis-cea-next-generation-battery-cell-technology.aspx ​Stellantis and CEA, one of the world’s most innovative research institutions, today announced a new, five-year collaboration that targets in-house design of next-generation battery cells for electric vehicles. Batteries ; Electric vehicles ; Renewable energies Journalists DES Press release ; Partnerships electric mobility;Battery;Renewable energies;low-carbon; Wed, 03 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/CEA-and-BRGM-recommendations-to-the-European-regulation-on-the-carbon-footprint-of-batteries.aspx The European Union's Joint Research Centre has just published the latest version of its draft regulations for a sustainable battery industry. The aim of these regulations is to make it possible to declare the total carbon footprint of each battery, so that batteries that do not meet the criteria can be excluded from the European market. Batteries Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2023/CEA-Liten-initiates-ISO-50001-Energy-Management-System-to-improve-energy-use.aspx ​The CEA rolled out an Energy Performance Plan (EPP) across its nine locations in France in 2022—a list that includes the CEA’s Grenoble campus. The five-year EPP outlines the CEA’s energy savings targets and associated action items. The overriding objective is to make the CEA’s facilities more energy efficient. Energies ; Energy efficiency Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News EPP;ISO;certification;Energy Performance Plan; Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Smart-Energy-Systems/EASI-ZERo-envelope-components-for-massive-building-renovation.aspx ​The European EASI ZERo project aims to create a unique portfolio of easy-to-install envelope components for massive building renovation. It proposes to develop a global system to reduce the environmental impact by increasing the thermal performance of buildings by 20% with bio-sourced and recycled materials. The CEA will work with EDILIANS on photovoltaic envelope components for the production of energy consumed in the building. Energy efficiency Companies ; Institutions ; Journalists ; Researchers Liten News building;Energy efficiency;photovoltaic; Wed, 12 Apr 2023 22:05:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/PV-High-Efficiency/project-REHOUSE-solutions-building-renovation.aspx Valladolid, 14/10/2022: The 25 European partners of the new EU-funded project REHOUSE met on October 13th & 14th 2022 for the project’s kick-off event in Valladolid, Spain. Energy efficiency ; Innovation for industry Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Ines News project;rehouse;european; Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/Fire-risks-of-battery-storage-in-buildings.aspx A pedagogical and practical report has recently been published to inform stakeholders of the risks and solutions. It provides a summary of four years work carried out by a group of civil and fire safety experts, scientists and industrialists, which was specifically created on the initiative of the French Directorate General for Civil Security and Crisis Management and the Fire Department of Savoie-France (SDIS73). Energies ; Energy storage ; Batteries Researchers ; Companies ; Institutions Liten News risks;report;Battery;storage;building;Fire; Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/PV-High-Efficiency/DCDC-MPPT-Optimizer-an-electronic-shepherd-for-solar-panels.aspx Enel Green Power and the CEA at INES are developing high efficiency bifacial photovoltaic panels. This technology, intended mainly for large-scale ground-mounted power plants, can gain even more energy-efficient, and not only thanks to the efficiency of cells and modules. The addition of an energy conversion system, as close as possible to the panel, makes it possible to reduce the impact of certain defects linked to the installation site and to increase the overall power of the plant. Energies ; Energy efficiency ; Photovoltaic solar power Researchers ; Companies Ines News Thu, 29 Sep 2022 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/PV-High-Efficiency/Adding-Solar-Energy-to-Electric-Mobility.aspx ​RTE and the CEA have just completed an 8-month experiment on the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles at the CEA centre in Cadarache. The aim was to link the charging stations to a solar power plant and an intelligent management and control system in order to significantly increase the share of solar energy in electric mobility. Energies ; Renewable energies ; Solar energy ; Energy efficiency ; Electrical grids ; Electric vehicles general public ; Institutions Cadarache News vehicle;recharging;Cadarache;RTE;electric;solar power; Thu, 22 Sep 2022 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Smart-Energy-Systems/Delta-Dore-A-new-player-in-the-governance.aspx ​DELTA DORE, a CEA partner at INES since 2016 and an associate partner of the Institute for Energy Transition INES.2S since its creation, is joining the ITE consortium and its governance. Smart building Researchers ; Companies ; Journalists Ines News Delta Dore; Wed, 13 Jul 2022 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/PV-High-Efficiency/Evaluating-the-environmental-footprint-PV-storage.aspx The ITE INES.2S is conducting research on life cycle analysis and is developing a tool for the analysis of the environmental impact of installations composed of photovoltaic (PV) panels and a battery storage system, in self-consumption. A guidance to make technological choices with regard to their environmental impacts. Photovoltaic solar power ; Energy storage Researchers ; Companies ; Journalists Ines News photovoltaic;evaluation;self-comsumption;environmental footprint;INES 2S;PV;storage;system; Thu, 07 Jul 2022 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Smart-Energy-Systems/New-absorption-heat-pump-for-domestic-hot-water.aspx ​Massive electrification is one of the keys to more environmentally sustainable energy practices—and one that will help us reach the target of reducing fossil-fuel consumption by half by 2050. Energies ; Energy efficiency Researchers ; Companies ; Journalists ; Institutions Liten News Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes;absorption;EasyPOC;heat pump;AURA; Tue, 17 May 2022 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Smart-Energy-Systems/Lumila-Apipower-project.aspx ​The CEA at INES is partner in this project, led by the company Lumila, of a photovoltaic charging station not connected to the grid, intended for beekeepers in Burkina Faso. Smart grids Researchers ; Companies ; Journalists Ines News call for project: beekeepers;FASEPT;Burkina Faso;powerUp;lumila;apipower;electrical;photovoltaic;management system;shared local energy; Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Smart-Energy-Systems/Building-design-Reducing-calculation-time-for-simulation-and-optimization-studies.aspx Buildings account for about one third of global energy demand. It can still be greatly improved through a systemic approach integrating more efficient building envelopes, high efficiency equipment and the integration of renewable energy. This approach requires more and more simulation and optimization at the design stage of buildings. Energy efficiency Researchers ; Companies ; Journalists Ines News renewable energy;building design;modeling;calculation;holistic;smart energy systems;simulation;Energy efficiency;optimization; Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/ITE-INES-2-Scientific-result-Retaining-time.aspx ​The Institute for Energy Transition INES.2S is developing methodologies and tools for optimal management of stationary storage systems. Based on the results of tests on several battery technologies (nearly 500 references), our laboratories are developing, among other things, advanced technologies to evaluate battery status indicators (charge, health, etc.) in order to optimize their management and improve performance and life time. Batteries ; Energy storage Researchers ; Journalists ; Companies Ines News Energy storage;performance;Electricity;Patent;Networks;Battery; Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Smart-Energy-Systems/TIGON-video-now-out.aspx EU-funded project TIGON has launched its presentation video on the new project website: discover how we will enhance microgrids for Europe's energy transition Electrical grids Journalists ; Researchers ; Companies Ines News energy transition;european project;Europe;Tigon;microgrids;electricity grids;project; Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/Batteries-Europe-has-published-its-Raw-Materials-and-Recycling-Roadmap.aspx The CEA-Liten is strongly involved and contributed to this roadmap in particular on the circular economy of batteries. Batteries Researchers ; Companies ; Journalists ; Young people Liten News Europe;circular economy;recycling;raw materials;second-life;batteries; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2021/Making-pure-silicon-from-scraps.aspx The SELISI project aims to develop processes for recycling powder from sawing silicon bricks. The objective is to achieve various qualities of recycled material for recovery in different industrial sectors such as Li-ion batteries, silicon-based ceramics and photovoltaics. Photovoltaic solar power ; Batteries Researchers ; Journalists ; Companies Ines News Photovoltaics;RESITEC;Silicon;KIC raw materials;ceramics;ECM Greentech;recycling;SELISI;batteries; Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/Batteries-Europe-publishes-its-Strategic-Research-Agenda.aspx ​Batteries Europe has published its Strategic Research Agenda, which outlines the research priorities for batteries that will allow Europe to become a competitive actor in the market. Batteries Researchers ; Companies ; Journalists ; Young people Liten Agenda mobile;applications;strategic research agenda;batterie;Europe;transport;batteries; Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/2020/ACHIEF-Kick-off-An-opportunity-for-EIIs.aspx Energy efficiency News Mon, 30 Nov 2020 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Circular-Economy/UPGRADE-EIT-Raw-Material-project-reduces-the-content-of-critical-raw-materials-in-permanent-magnets.aspx UPGRADE project’s main objective is to provide new NdFeB alloys with an appropriate microstructure for the manufacturing of high performance NdFeB permanent magnets, while reducing the content of critical rare earths such as dysprosium or neodymium Renewable energies ; Energy efficiency Researchers ; Institutions ; Journalists ; Higher education Liten News microstructure;NdFeB;critical rare earths;magnets;reduction; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/Innovative-Power-Electronic-Architectures-for-electric-batteries.aspx Batteries Press release electric storage;batteries;energy transition; Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/Focus-batteries.aspx Batteries Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/Battery-2030-Power-up-Europe-s-Battery-Revolution.aspx Batteries Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Hydrogen-Vector/does-micro-cogeneration-influence-fuel-cell-aging-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency.aspx Researchers at Liten, a CEA Tech institute, set out to determine whether or not micro cogeneration affects fuel-cell aging. The first long-duration tests conducted under the Propice project provided some answers. Energy storage Companies ; Journalists ; Researchers Liten News CEA Tech;buildings;renewable energy;Fuel cells;materials; Wed, 28 Jun 2017 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/preventing-thermal-runaway-embedded-batteries-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency.aspx Leti and Liten, both CEA Tech institutes, developed the electronics and algorithms required to measure the internal temperature of a battery cell by estimating electrical impedance. The purpose of the solution is to detect the early signs of thermal runaway in embedded lithium-ion batteries. Batteries Companies ; Journalists ; Researchers Leti News CEA Tech;Leti;battery-based storage;Energy storage;software and systems engineering;Embedded systems;electric mobility;electronics; Thu, 18 May 2017 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Smart-Energy-Systems/exploring-electricity-storage-in-corsica-energy-efficiency.aspx Liten, a CEA Tech institute, recently joined forces with France’s energy agency ADEME to assess the benefits combining electricity storage and renewable energy production could bring to micro-grids connected to the main grid on the island of Corsica. Energy efficiency Companies ; Journalists ; Researchers Liten News smart-grid systems;CEA Tech;battery-based storage;Smart grids;Energy storage;Liten;renewable energy;Hydrogen production and storage; Tue, 16 May 2017 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/silicon-electrodes-true-causes-aging-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency.aspx Silicon electrodes are among the frontrunners in the race to replace the graphite electrodes currently used in Lithium batteries. Several imaging and spectroscopy techniques have provided a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that underpin silicon electrode degradation. Energy storage Companies ; Journalists ; Researchers Liten News battery-based storage;Nanocharacterization;CEA Tech;land transportation;Energy storage;Liten; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 10:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Smart-Energy-Systems/Kick-off-Meeting-INTEGRAL-Project.aspx Kick off Meeting INTEGRAL Project, CEA, Grenoble, France, 14-15 December 2016 Energy efficiency European ＆ international partnerships Thu, 09 Mar 2017 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Hydrogen-Vector/portable-energy-source-all-weather-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency.aspx Liten, a CEA Tech institute, and Safran recently developed a new low-mass, high-energy-density hybrid energy source that can operate within a wide temperature range. The R&D was commissioned by the French Directorate General for Armaments. Energy storage Companies ; Journalists ; Researchers Liten News CEA Tech;Energy storage;DEFENSE;Liten;energy micro-sources;Fuel cells; Thu, 09 Mar 2017 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Smart-Energy-Systems/first-ever-experimental-wood-concrete-home-built-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency.aspx Construction-industry professionals are constantly on the lookout for ways to make the homes they build more energy efficient, which includes making the best use of resources in the environment to ensure effective heating and cooling. Smart building Companies ; Researchers ; Journalists Liten News buildings;Atlantic;Vicat;Delta Dore;K-Line;Velux;Trécobat;Liten;CEA Tech;building energy; Tue, 21 Feb 2017 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/lithium-sulfur-batteries-scaled-up-energy-storage.aspx Liten, a CEA Tech institute, recently produced the first-ever cylindrical lithium-sulfur battery. The prototype’s performance indicates a bright future for the batteries! Energy storage Companies ; Journalists ; Researchers Liten News Land;Energy storage;CEA Tech;air;and space transportation;electric mobility;Battery storage; Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:00:00 GMT https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/liten/english/Pages/Medias/News/Batteries/A-promising-new-prototype-for-batteries.aspx Batteries News na-ion;Battery;sodium-ion;development; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 11:00:00 GMT