Jacqueline Murphy - May 9, 2025 In person event - Powering the Future: Unlocking the UK’s Battery Potential, Wednesday 25 June 2025 We are delighted to present an exciting in person event "Powering the Future: Unlocking the UK’s ...
Simon Kremer - March 25, 2025 HutanBio: algae is the fuel of the future Algae converts sunlight and carbon dioxide into flammable hydrocarbons, offering a like-for-like ...
Matthew Barton - February 26, 2025 Battery Report 2024: Reap what you Sodium The Volta Foundation have recently released the 2024 edition of their annual Battery Report. These ...
Alex Savin - February 20, 2025 Communication & policy: the next arena for fusion’s future? Much of the discussion around the commercial future for nuclear fusion has revolved around sharing ...
Niles Beadman - February 11, 2025 Battery Report 2024: What’s the Solid-State of Affairs? The Volta Foundation have recently released the 2024 edition of their annual Battery Report. These ...
Rachel Pindar - February 4, 2025 Battery Report 2024: BESS surging in the “Decade of Energy Storage” The Volta Foundation have just released the 2024 edition of their annual Battery Report. These ...
David Brooks - January 28, 2025 Battery Report 2024: At sea and in space – EVs beyond cars The Volta Foundation have just released the 2024 edition of their annual Battery Report. These ...
Darena Slavova - November 15, 2024 Commercialising IP to fuel the fusion revolution The race for fusion energy is on, but it’s not a sprint. Fusion energy is not expected to enter the ...
Alex Savin - November 12, 2024 ‘Small’ Nuclear – the solution for Big Data? The growth of AI is set to explode data centre power demand by the end of the decade, according to ...
Niles Beadman - October 7, 2024 Battery Manufacturing: Funding the Future In September, the US Department of Energy announced the latest round of funding to electrify the ...
Callum McGuinn - June 25, 2024 Battery Patents: Clearing the Way Speaking to Intercalation, Callum McGuinn explores what has been happening in battery patent ...
Callum McGuinn - June 6, 2024 How liquid air can store solar and wind energy Storing energy from solar and wind is a huge challenge. We talk to Highview Power, whose liquid air ...
Simon Parry - May 20, 2024 Electric ships are here. But how to charge them? Ports need to supply ships with megawatts of power to charge in under two hours. The BlueStor ...
Callum McGuinn - May 14, 2024 Capturing solar and wind: how Geyser Batteries can balance the grid The grid needs a rapid way to balance input and output. Geyser Batteries of Finland may have the ...
Matthew Barton - February 29, 2024 Sodium alternatives to lithium-ion batteries? Na, we’re not Li-ion! The importance of lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries in modern society is no secret. They dominate the ...
Sophie Chua - January 16, 2024 Gigafactories & IP: Protecting the processes that power the future As the use of electric vehicles (EVs) becomes increasingly prevalent, demand for batteries is set ...
Alex Savin - January 8, 2024 Nuclear Fusion: A Case Study in the need for a cohesive IP Strategy at the forefront of science Following on the continued success in inertial confinement research reported from the National ...
David Brooks - December 20, 2023 UK Battery Strategy Commentary Ahead of the Global Investment Summit hosted recently in November 2023 at Hampton Court Palace, the ...
Niles Beadman - November 28, 2023 Invention Capture: 5 Steps to Success - Transforming Technology to Patent Protection Invention capturing, also referred to as invention harvesting or invention mining, is the start of ...
Katherine Green - November 13, 2023 Most opposed patents of 2022 As with CRISPR, patents directed to Nobel Prize-winning technologies are viewed as extremely ...
Simon Parry - October 19, 2023 Major developments in the UK offshore wind farm industry October has been a busy and exciting month for offshore wind news in the United Kingdom.
Matthew Smith - September 8, 2023 Trends in Graphene IP – a refresh Last year, we delved into the data to see how the number of patent publications coming out had ...
David Brooks - September 6, 2023 IP audits for battery and energy storage businesses Companies working in the fields of batteries and energy storage often have a wealth of intellectual ...
Fynn McLennan - August 21, 2023 Silicon anodes: where are we now? In 2020, we wrote about some of the approaches being taken to develop viable silicon-based anodes. ...
Alex Savin - August 9, 2023 Nuclear fusion breakthrough raises hope for limitless clean energy A research team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California USA has reportedly ...
Niles Beadman - August 8, 2023 Superconductor sparks excitement, but meets resistance The last few weeks have seen the rise of an unlikely social media star – the claimed ...
Thomas Lonsdale - July 31, 2023 Green Aviation – Ready for Take off! In 2022 aviation accounted for ca. 2% of global energy-related CO2 emissions, with around 800 Mt ...
Alexander Cavell - July 17, 2023 Developing battery technology? Think inside the Box! The Patent Box is a tax break scheme that is designed to encourage companies, such as those ...
Rob Walker - May 2, 2023 The History of Hydrofoils Since their introduction into the America’s Cup boats in 2013, hydrofoils have become familiar to ...
Thea Toutoungy - April 21, 2023 The lithium rush: an unsustainable approach to sustainability? In recent years, the world has seen the significant consequences of our continued heavy dependence ...
Ben Boyd - April 17, 2023 Offshore winds blow against Siemens Late last year Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S was unsuccessful in asserting infringement of ...
Niles Beadman - February 21, 2023 Faraday Battery Challenge: Funding the Future Michael Faraday uncovered the link between electricity and magnetism, built the first electric ...
Jacqueline Murphy - January 30, 2023 Battery insights & IP trends - new special report We are pleased to announce the launch of our latest special report Battery insights & IP ...
Sam Bailey - January 16, 2023 Battery innovation - an enabling technology for the reduction of greenhouse emissions From both sides of the research community, companies and academics are working to not only invent ...
Sam Bailey - July 20, 2022 Electrolytes: the challenge for new-age batteries Most people have heard some version of a horror story about a laptop spontaneously catching fire or ...
Thomas Lonsdale - June 30, 2022 High hopes for hydrogen electrolysers: EPO report looks to the future of green hydrogen production Hydrogen is often seen as the “fuel of the future” due to its high energy density, its abundance ...
Callum McGuinn - May 12, 2022 Better battery regulations From 1 July 2024, all rechargeable industrial and EV batteries will require a carbon footprint ...
Isobel Stone - April 4, 2022 Powering pacemakers – (don’t) be still, my beating heart Millions of people around the world depend on implanted medical devices, for all sorts of reasons – ...
Genevieve Pugh - February 17, 2022 Battery materials – sourcing a brighter battery-powered future As demonstrated by the recent COP 26 UN Climate Change conference, the climate crisis is weighing ...
Fynn McLennan - January 10, 2022 Solid-state electrolytes – a firm footing for the future? Innovation must produce sustainable solutions in every area of technology to help the world avert ...
Thomas Lonsdale - November 16, 2021 Plastics from thin air – converting captured carbon dioxide From the start of 2021 up to the date of writing this blog in November, an estimated 37 billion ...
Paul Dunne - October 27, 2021 Planet-saving partnerships: collaborating on sustainable innovation In the race to bring forward sustainable solutions, worlds are colliding and ideas are flowing. As ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 26, 2021 New Green IP Report launched To coincide with the launch of COP26 we have released a new report into Green IP. Our report ...
Sean Jauss - October 11, 2021 Podcast with Nick Hounsfield, Founder, The Wave: surf's up at The Wave We speak to Nick Hounsfield, Founder of The Wave — an inland surfing facility located in Bristol ...
Sam Bailey - October 1, 2021 Intercalation Station: bringing new energy to battery industry reporting This online news channel offers an insider’s viewpoint as it breaks battery industry news and ...
Callum McGuinn - August 4, 2021 Taking charge - electric vehicle battery recycling In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Callum McGuinn and Joseph Newcombe discuss electric vehicle ...
Alexander Cavell - June 28, 2021 Structural batteries: “massless” energy storage In recent years, people have sought to harness the world’s natural sustainable resources for our ...
Rachel Oxley - June 28, 2021 Podcast with Dave Rigg, COO, Bombora: The power of wave energy We speak to Dave Rigg, Chief Operating Officer at Bombora, a marine energy provider that is in the ...
Callum McGuinn - June 11, 2021 How environmentally friendly are electric vehicles? In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Callum McGuinn and Joseph Newcombe discuss how environmentally ...
Callum McGuinn - May 25, 2021 Meet the material: PowerPaste A new hydrogen-based fuel packs quite a punch, writes Kerry Taylor-Smith.
Thomas Lonsdale - April 15, 2021 3D-printing: a breakthrough in battery technology As described in our recent blog article Energy storage: batteries and beyond, lithium-ion batteries ...
Rob Walker - April 8, 2021 Composites in automotive applications: accelerating towards a greener future? The UK government has recently vowed to cut 68% of CO2 emissions by 2030 in a bid to tackle climate ...
Isobel Stone - April 7, 2021 Hydrogen: turning grey to green Hydrogen fuels, with their high energy density and clean-air qualities, are oft-touted as a ...
Thomas Lonsdale - March 17, 2021 eFuel – the solution to green air travel? Electric vehicles (EVs) look like an obvious replacement in working towards a decarbonised future. ...
Thomas Lonsdale - March 16, 2021 Clean, green, renewable machine - the future of centralised and distributed energy storage The Government recently announced that they want to make the UK the world leader in clean wind ...
Callum McGuinn - March 12, 2021 Energy storage: batteries and beyond Better storage is the key to a cleaner energy future, so what technologies are poised to bring the ...
Nathan Zhang - January 15, 2021 Lithium-metal batteries: a separator solution to dendrites Global demand for clean, renewable energy is now higher than ever before. With climate change ...
Matthew Smith - January 15, 2021 Meet the material: liquid crystal elastomer A team at Rice University has developed a morphing material with much more than biomedical ...
Sam Bailey - December 17, 2020 EU batteries directive – powering up opportunities? Changing needs, new demands Global energy consumption has more than doubled in the last 30 years, ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 11, 2020 Safer and better: Nanotech Energy batteries signal positive news Our lives require storage of electrical energy more than ever these days. Batteries are ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 4, 2020 Cornwall powering the UK to the frontline of the lithium revolution Cornwall has long been an historic centre for mining in the UK. Since the 1800s Cornwall has been a ...
Matthew Naylor - November 29, 2020 Graphene getting the automotive industry into gear In the years since graphene was first created at the University of Manchester in 2004 by Professors ...
Ben Boyd - November 18, 2020 Aiming for the sky: aviation carbon reduction goals One consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the significant reduction in carbon emissions in ...
Sam Bailey - November 10, 2020 EPO and IEA dive deep into battery patent data Weighing in at nearly 100 pages, the recent detailed report on innovation and patent trends in the ...
Andrew Mears - October 30, 2020 Powering the future: It takes a very SPECIFIC set of skills Forward editor Caitlin Mackesy Davies learns how a collaborative project at Swansea University is ...
Daniel Brodsky - October 25, 2020 How green are electric vehicles? Electric vehicles are often hailed as a primary solution for combatting air pollution and climate ...
Sam Bailey - October 2, 2020 Batteries: Power is nothing without control As part of our Thought Leaders series, Mewburn Ellis Partner Sam Bailey explores some exciting ...
Sam Bailey - September 24, 2020 Batteries are no longer just passengers in electric vehicles In an earlier blog, we focussed on the chemistry aspects of the Tesla innovations from their ...
Sam Bailey - September 23, 2020 A supercharged day for Tesla and battery tech On September 22, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to the stage during the company's highly anticipated ...
Niles Beadman - September 4, 2020 Battery electrolytes: the latest graphene composites Storage of electrical energy is now an essential part of our lives. Charging and discharging ...
Simon Parry - August 11, 2020 Turning the tide – the growing use of electrical power in the shipping industry Hybrid and fully electric cars are now beginning to garner wider acceptance and are becoming an ...
Stephen Gill - July 10, 2020 Batteries in trains – filling the gap Hitachi Rail and Hyperdrive Innovation have recently announced an agreement to develop battery ...
Alexander Cavell - July 7, 2020 Tesla: Driving battery development differently “Invention is the most important product of man’s creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the ...
Melodie Richardson - June 24, 2020 Increasing battery capacity: going Si high Lithium-ion batteries can be found in almost every portable electrical device we use today. Our ...
Rachel Oxley - June 8, 2020 Ocean Energy - out of the blue Long considered the poor relation of solar and wind-based solutions, why is ocean energy now ...
Callum McGuinn - April 7, 2020 Taking charge - repurposing, recycling and reinventing batteries Innovation in repurposing, recycling and reinventing batteries will be a rich vein of IP, say ...
Alison Fugard - March 24, 2020 Pushing Energy Storage to the MX(ene) Batteries are indispensable in modern life. Not only is our reliance on batteries increasing with ...
Callum McGuinn - February 26, 2020 Lithium-sulfur batteries - an attractive alternative Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are a ubiquitous energy source in modern society, powering our ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 5, 2019 3 R's for sustainability of the battery industry Zero-carbon transport and energy production are set to grow under the shadow of global warming and ...
Callum McGuinn - November 20, 2019 Lithium-ion batteries - powering the EVs of the future In a recent blog, Eleanor Maciver reviewed a variety of promising “batteries of the future”. Of ...
Simon Parry - November 11, 2019 Extreme fast charging – the future of electric vehicle batteries With global deployment now exceeding five million, electric vehicles continue to hold the promise ...
Eleanor Maciver - September 18, 2019 Batteries for the future: the sky may not be the limit! In an earlier blog Sam Bailey discussed the growing demands for high performance battery ...
Sam Bailey - June 27, 2019 Charging into the future - the increasing demands on battery technologies Battery technology is an area of constant innovation. For years we have been trying to squeeze a ...
Simon Parry - April 5, 2019 Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles: growth and innovation While much attention and noise has surrounded the growth in the number of electric and plug-in ...
Matthew Smith - April 4, 2019 Hydrogen: the storage question There’s a lot to like about hydrogen. It’s light; it’s abundant (at least atomically - water and ...
