{"id":14478,"date":"2021-03-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/20-03-2021\/aluminium-air-technology-based-battery-systems\/"},"modified":"2021-03-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T00:00:00","slug":"aluminium-air-technology-based-battery-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/20-03-2021\/aluminium-air-technology-based-battery-systems","title":{"rendered":"Aluminium-Air Technology-Based Battery systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>State-owned Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. has entered into a joint venture with Israel-based battery technology startup Phinergy to develop <strong>aluminium-air technology-based <\/strong>battery systems for <strong>electric vehicles and stationary storag<\/strong>e, as well as<strong> hydrogen storage solutions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are Aluminium-Air Batteries?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aluminium-air batteries utilise oxygen<\/strong> in the <strong>air <\/strong>which reacts with an<strong> aluminium hydroxide <\/strong>solution to <strong>oxidise the aluminium and produce electricity.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Aluminium air batteries <strong>produce electricity<\/strong> from the <strong>oxidation of aluminium.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They have <strong>high-energy density <\/strong>and do not require <strong>charging infrastructure<\/strong>, and are seen as a <strong>potential fuel source for long-haul electric transport.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Advantages <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cheaper than <strong>lithium-ion batteries<\/strong>, thereby it will reduce the cost of electric <strong>vehicle<\/strong> usage and boost electric vehicle adoption in the country.<\/li>\n<li>Offer a much greater<strong> range of 400 km<\/strong> or more per battery compared to lithium-ion batteries which currently offer a range of 150-200 kilometres per full charge.<\/li>\n<li>It will provide a boost to <strong>India\u2019s flagship \u2018Make in India\u2019 programme<\/strong>. At the same time, recycling of<strong> aluminium will help India<\/strong> in becoming <strong>\u2018atma nirbhar\u2019 <\/strong>for <strong>energy requirements.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The aluminium plate in an aluminium-air battery is <strong>converted into aluminium trihydroxide<\/strong> over time and that aluminium can be reclaimed from aluminium trihydroxide or even traded directly for industrial uses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Disadvantages<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Aluminium-air batteries<\/strong> cannot be <strong>recharged <\/strong>like lithium-ion batteries.\n<ul>\n<li>Therefore, large scale use of aluminium-air battery-based vehicles would <strong>require the wide availability of battery swapping stations.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Relevance <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Currently, India is largely dependent on <strong>imports of lithium-ion batteries<\/strong> from <strong>China for electric vehicles<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At present <strong>India imports 100%<\/strong> of its EV and other <strong>Lithium-ion based batteries from abroad.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Electric vehicles Progress in India<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The government as part of its target to <strong>reduce greenhouse gas emissions<\/strong> and reduce the impact of <strong>vehicular pollution wants to shift the conventional<\/strong> fuel-driven passenger vehicles into<strong> EVs by 2030.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Some Indian companies have started manufacturing lithium-ion batteries in the country, metal-air battery solutions including aluminium-air batteries which could offer a viable<strong> alternative to lithium-ion batteries<\/strong> and <strong>boost the domestic manufacture of batteries to meet India\u2019s growing demand for energy storag<\/strong>e.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0India is all set to position itself as one of the leading marketplaces for <strong>Electric Vehicles (EVs).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Favourable plans and policies have been developed by the government like<strong> National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP), Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme <\/strong>to drive the transition towards the EV ambition of India.<\/li>\n<li>The recently approved production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for the automobile and <strong>battery manufacturing sectors <\/strong>could also enable the<strong> <\/strong>right ecosystem for indigenisation and value creation in the EV sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/indian-oil-corporation-phinergy-aluminium-batteries-7235560\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source :IE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In News State-owned Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. has entered into a joint venture with Israel-based battery technology startup Phinergy to develop aluminium-air technology-based battery systems for electric vehicles and stationary storage, as well as hydrogen storage solutions. 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