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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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17Feb-23

AceOn-inspired training centre gives engineers new technology skills for the future

A pioneering training centre for cutting-edge green technology is set to develop engineers of the future at Telford College. Telford-based battery and energy storage specialist AceOn Group is one of the companies partnering with Telford College to create the state-of-the-art facility on campus which will deliver training courses and qualifications in line with current energy and engineering trends. The centre at the college’s Wellington campus has a series of renewable training rigs to support learners with specialist training in solar...

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15Feb-23

Pioneering project to make maritime industry more green wins £4.6m

A pioneering research project, led by leading UK battery specialist AceOn, has been awarded a £4.6million grant to help power a green future for the maritime industry and establish the UK as a world leader in marine renewable technologies.   The RESTORE project which gets under way in April, sees AceOn leading a consortium of pioneering businesses and organisations - Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, Engas Global, Liverpool John Moores University, Newcastle University, Taurus Engineering and CAGE.  The Government grant that has been...

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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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31Jan-23

Battery experts showcase innovative training centre

Top national and industry experts visited a pioneering Telford company to see for themselves how it is helping to develop cutting-edge green technology – and training the engineers of the future.  Battery specialist AceOn welcomed Jeff Pratt, the managing director of the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre, and members of the UK Government’s Faraday Battery Challenge to the company’s Stafford Park headquarters.  They later headed to Telford College to see the new training centre for battery and energy storage technology which has been...

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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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17Jan-23

Learning the battery business

Twenty two-year-old Thomas Dilnot is bringing together his interest in engineering and a desire to find out more about how businesses are run, to excel in his business apprenticeship at AceOn.   Thomas has lived in Telford since 2008 and studied for his GCSEs and A-Levels at Haberdashers’ Adams in Newport. In August 2022 he decided to embark on a Business Administration apprenticeship with AceOn to develop his knowledge and experience in all the different aspects of operating a successful business.  Thomas said:...

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10Jan-23

2023: The Year of The Battery

Everyone at AceOn is buzzing with excitement for the arrival of 2023 – what we believe will materialise into The Year of the Battery. We’re excited about 2023 for a number of reasons, but we believe this will be the year that we start to see some seismic changes in the way that people, organisations, and even governments work with batteries, primarily to store energy and to increase efficiency across a whole host of sectors and industries. Last year, UN secretary-general Antonio...

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16Dec-22

What is the DS3 Programme? 

2022 has been a year in which battery technology and commitments have converged, and we’ve collectively achieved several milestones to be proud of. In response to European targets, Erid Grid has been pursuing its DS3 Programme with the aim of “delivering a secure, sustainable electricity system.” Given that our large-scale Energy Storage Systems can participate in this exciting market, we explain what DS3 is and why it has significant potential in the ever-expanding sustainable energy market.  Introducing DS3  Ireland, like many countries...

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13Dec-22

ScaleUp Institute showcases AceOn as peer networking model for success

We’re absolutely delighted that AceOn’s success has been highlighted in the 2022 annual review by the ScaleUp Institute.  The institute has highlighted our involvement in one of its Innovate UK EDGE peer support groups to show how the groups consistently offer crucial support for companies like ours which want to grow.  Our managing director Mark Thompson is one of five national industry leaders featured in the review reflecting on the challenges they face as they grow and how the peer group has...

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