technology

BESS: An Innovative Solution to the Climate Crisis

For the global community to successfully mitigate the climate crisis, we need more than one solution, there’s no doubt about it. But at AceOn, we take heart from the fact that a number of governments in different parts of the world now recognise the huge impact that battery energy storage systems (BESS for short) can play in turning the tide. Learn more about how BESS is an innovative solution to the climate crisis and how such systems can transform the...


AceOn’s mobile solar power station to lead the world in sodium-ion technology

A pioneering battery and energy storage firm is poised to lead the world in developing a commercial use for a ground-breaking new battery technology.  AceOn - described as ‘the Telford company taking on Tesla’ - has been awarded a £1 million grant from the Innovate UK Energy Catalyst 8 fund to accelerate development work on its mobile solar energy storage unit.  The newly-designed product will use Sheffield-based Faradion’s sodium-ion batteries - the first time its technology is in commercial use in sub-Saharan Africa.  Sodium-ion battery technology uses low-cost materials that are sustainable and widely available.  AceOn – one of the country’s leading solar energy and storage specialists — will be working in partnership with the University of...


Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson

Green Revolution plans welcomed – but could go further

Leading green energy pioneer AceOn today welcomed the Prime Minister’s plans for a green industrial revolution – but warned they need to go even further if the UK is to meet its legal Climate Change targets.  The AceOn Group – which has developed a cutting-edge virtual power plant which can power individual homes and whole communities – says solar and battery technology must play a key role in the Government’s plans for developing a sustainable future.  It also called for a massive upgrade in the nation’s energy infrastructure to cope with the move...