Energy Storage Consultancy

Drs Greg Offer, Billy Wu, Yatish Patel and Prof Nigel Brandon (Galvanic Energy) provide interdisciplinary expertise in renewable energy to address the most pressing energy-related challenges we face today.

The Government has set out a policy to put the UK on a path to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2050 with every car and van to zero emissions by 2040 with an expected 100M electric vehicles on the road by then.

Lithium ion batteries are currently the most mature technology capable of meeting these targets, however, a number of alternatives are on the horizon. Galvanic Energy utilises the latest scientific research to understand the limitations of current technologies or the risks associated with future ones.

Whether you need assistance implementing or understanding technologies and strategies, Galvanic Energy can provide you with a solution. Their reports, workshops and learning material can be tailored to keep investors and company teams up to date with future trends, technology assessments, smart infrastructure, and more.

 

Detailed analysis of the Energy sector

  • Lithium-ion batteries
    The industry standard for vehicle and wearable energy storage. Detailed analysis on the latest technological developments to help answer investor and company questions relating to cell selection, battery life estimation, thermal management strategies, and more.
  • Alternative energy storage
    Alternatives to lithium-ion batteries provide better performance in some energy storage and conversion scenarios. Our experts can help your team navigate the decision-making process when considering fuel cells, supercapacitors, redox flow batteries, and hybrid systems.
  • Beyond lithium-ion
    Alternative battery chemistries are progressing on many fronts and the team can provide details on key performance indicators when considering solid state batteries, lithium air, sodium-ion, lithium sulphur, and more.
  • Battery performance analysis
    The team can design tests, collect experimental data, and analyse the results to assess the electrical and thermal real-world performance of battery cells. This includes power and energy delivery, temperature analysis, degradation, and safety to underpin your engineering design.

 

Technical assessments of new technology

  • Start-ups/spin-outs
  • Are claims credible from a scientific/engineering point of view
  • Benchmarking against similar companies/technologies/materials
  • Automotive industry, grid storage industry, battery industry
  • Knowledge, trends, underlying technology
  • Novel energy technologies

 

Education

  • In-house talks at businesses on topics related to energy
  • Bespoke & personal advisory service, develop a relationship with expert
  • Training, custom & bespoke training courses in underpinning technology
  • Energy system and market insight
  • Technology insights
  • Energy regulation
  • Energy demand insight

Find out more about Galvanic Energy and the team of experts behind it.

Our consultants are world-leading experts in their field, committed to on-going research.

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