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31Jul-23

AceOn shortlisted for premier export award

Growing UK renewable energy and battery specialist AceOn has been shortlisted for a top prize in one of the country’s most prestigious awards schemes. The company is a finalist for the exporter of the year title at the Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards. It will compete against 10 other firms from across the country for the title – sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade - with the winners being announced at a gala awards night at the Grosvenor House...

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17Jul-23

AceOn strengthens team with key new appointment

Expanding UK renewable energy and battery specialist AceOn has strengthened its team with a key appointment to help drive its strategic growth plans. Jean Maclachlan has joined the company – which has bases in Telford and Solihull – as senior project management consultant. Jean, who has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the industry, moves to AceOn from US-headquartered Fortune 500 company, Cummins Inc, which leads the diesel engine and alternative energy industry.  AceOn managing director Mark Thompson said Jean would bring...

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6Jun-23

AceOn Investigates: The Rapid Decline in the Cost of Lithium-ion Batteries

Between 1991 and 2018, the cost of lithium-ion batteries fell by 97%. Why is this the case and what will happen to the cost of lithium-ion batteries in the future? Let’s find out. Right now, governments around the world are looking to lithium-ion batteries to power the future in myriad ways. This is largely due to the fact that lithium-ion batteries have plummeted in price in recent times, accelerating our collective ambitions to turn away from fossil fuels. Here, we take...

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23May-23

How Does Battery Storage Work? The Basics

Keen to learn more about battery energy storage? This explainer article introduces the basics behind battery energy storage systems (BESS), breaking down how they work in practice when installed residentially or industrially. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) have the potential to transform the way that people in the UK draw and store energy. But how do these systems work and what are their benefits? Read on to learn the basics of battery energy storage systems. What is battery storage? Battery storage is a...

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3May-23

Home Battery Storage (UK): Is it possible without solar?

Did you know that a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) does not require connection to a solar PV system? You can simply charge & discharge directly from the National Grid for significant cost savings! Find out more in this article. Lots of homeowners think that you need to install a solar PV system to utilise a battery energy storage system. But this isn’t completely true. In this explainer article, we look at what a battery energy storage system (BESS) is and...

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3Apr-23

AceOn expands with second office and new jobs

Thriving UK battery specialist AceOn has opened a new office in the West Midlands – creating new jobs and taking its founder back to his home patch. AceOn, which has its headquarters in Telford, has expanded into Solihull to focus on its growing  residential, commercial and industrial energy storage business. The move will create four new jobs and marks a return to Solihull for AceOn founder Mark Thompson, who set up his original battery business in a garden shed at his father’s...

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14Mar-23

The Key Role of Batteries in Energy Security for Your Business

Over the course of the past few months, the issues exacerbated by the energy crisis have highlighted just how fragile many of our businesses are. In fact, every business in every sector has experienced hardship as a result of the rises in the cost of energy, and there’s no good news on the horizon regarding the levelling out of costs.  At AceOn, we have been acutely aware of the threat of energy disruption for a while now, particularly as supply margins tighten...

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13Feb-23

Batteries Don’t Grow on Trees – Yet…

The global search for sustainable batteries has led to several unusual yet innovative discoveries.  In Finland, a company called Stora Enso is one of the largest private forest owners in the world, and in the digital age, they realised that the demand for paper and office printing has been on a steady decline for years.  Armed with significant resources at their disposal, they started looking at ways in which their abundant forests could offer a sustainable and affordable solution to the burgeoning EV battery...

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24Jan-23

AceOn powers ahead in 2022 as export success and commercial storage brings in record revenues

Telford renewable energy and battery specialist AceOn has enjoyed its best year ever with a massive 60 per cent increase in turnover over the past 12 months.  The record-breaking year has seen the company growing on all fronts – including a seven-figure increase in the value of its exports.  AceOn Group managing director Mark Thompson said 2023 would be the Year of the Battery as demand soared for renewable and energy storage technology in the face of the growing climate and energy...

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16Jan-23

AceOn Explains: Passivation & Lithium Batteries

In order to correctly look after the batteries that you use for your various applications, it is necessary to have a basic understanding of some chemical terms - particularly if you use lithium batteries. In this article, we explain what is meant by passivation in lithium batteries to help you understand this key process that can potentially affect your application.  What is passivation in lithium batteries?  Specific to batteries, the term “passivation” refers to a phenomenon that occurs within the cells of...

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