Development and marketing of advanced technologies
Battery materials
Hydro-Québec's research institute, IREQ, is developing a range of new battery materials.
Objectives:
- Enhance vehicle performance
- Reduce costs
- Increase safety
Hydro-Québec develops materials for both power batteries and energy batteries. These batteries are safe and contain environmentally friendly, recyclable materials
News
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May 2012
Focus Metals and Hydro-Québec's IREQ sign Graphite Purification Technology Agreement and Anode Production agreement for Li-Ion batteries -
March 2012
BASF signs licensing agreement to acquire Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) technology from LiFePO4+C -
October 2011
A123 Systems, Hydro-Québec, and the University of Texas Settle Lithium Metal Phosphate Battery Chemistry Patent Dispute. -
October 2011
Hydro-Québec and Technifin form partnership to license lithium titanate spinel oxide (LTO). -
July 2011
Framework in place for faster market penetration of LFP: Süd-Chemie, Hydro-Québec, Université de Montréal and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) agree on the issuing of sublicenses for LMP/LFP battery material -
July 2010
The German firm Süd-Chemie AG announced it would invest $78 million in the construction of a plant for the production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) in Candiac, in the Montérégie region of Québec. The plant will be operated by the company's Canadian subsidiary, Phostech Lithium. Hydro-Québec jointly owns patents for the manufacture of PFL, and Phostech Lithium has been licensed to use some of them. -
June 2010
The 15th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries took place in Montréal from June 27 to July 2. HQ's President and CEO, Thierry Vandal, gave the opening speech before 1,000 participants. -
August 2009
Sony has launched a battery incorporating chemical components developed by Hydro-Québec. -
November 2008
Hydro-Québec's research institute (IREQ) signed two major agreements involving batteries. The first was with the Korean battery manufacturer VK EIG, to perfect materials that will increase the voltage of a world-scale automaker's lithium-ion battery to 5 V. Under the second agreement, IREQ will collaborate with the Japanese firm Showa Denko Group, a world leader in the manufacture of carbon fibres, to create carbon nanotubes, which will improve the contact between iron phosphate particles and thus increase battery capacity.
