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Altech Batteries booms after securing €46M German grant for salt battery project
Altech Batteries’ CERENERGY sodium nickel chloride solid state (SCSS) 60 KWh ABS60 battery pack, showing cross-section of vacuum-sealed pack and cell frames. Credit: File Altech Batteries’ (ASX: ATC) shares surged after receiving conditional binding approval for a €46.11 million (A$80.49M) German government grant to support its groundbreaking CERENERGY sodium-chloride solid-state battery project in Saxony, Germany. On turnover of 76 million – the biggest trading volume in mo

Doug Bright
Jan 6


Altech Batteries resets board for battery tech commercial drive
Altech Batteries’ new Board is focussed on turning its Cerenergy sodium batteries and Silumina Anodes technologies from technical successes into commercial reality. Credit: File Altech Batteries (ASX: ATC) has completed a full board overhaul, installing a new leadership team tasked with turning its two flagship battery technologies – CERENERGY sodium solid-state batteries and Silumina anodes - from technical success into commercial reality. The change in management was reque

Doug Bright
Dec 2, 2025


Altech Batteries clears final hurdle for salt battery production in Europe
Altech Batteries’ sodium-nickel-chloride battery systems are ready for first production following final engineering design and recent test work. Credit: File Altech Batteries (ASX: ATC) has locked in the final engineering design for its next gen sodium-nickel-chloride (SNC) battery system, clearing the last major hurdle before its first production next year. The company says its 400-volt batteries are set to roll off the line at partner AMPower’s manufacturing facilities bef

Andrew Todd
Nov 27, 2025


Global battery giant runs ruler across Altech Batteries Silumina battery anode tech
Altech Batteries’ scanning electron microscope image of its alumina-coated silicon spheres (white) distributed through graphite in voids between the graphite flakes (dark grey). The white sphere in image centre-left measures about 6.5 microns in diameter. Credit: File Perth-based Altech Batteries (ASX: ATC) is riding high on unsolicited but welcome industry buzz, with a leading global electric vehicle battery manufacturer kicking the tires on the company’s game-changing “Sil

Doug Bright
Nov 25, 2025


Altech Batteries long-term SNC battery data shows ultra-low fail rate
Altech Batteries’ sodium-nickel-chloride (SNC) batteries which will be produced by the company’s partner AMPower. Credit: File Altech Batteries (ASX: ATC) says batteries utilising similar technology to its sodium-nickel-chloride batteries deployed in South Africa up to 15 years ago have exhibited failure rates of just 0.6% to 1.5%. The company says those rates blitz the failure rates of lithium and lead-acid batteries that typically fail at rates of 3% to 5% and 8 to 12% resp

Doug Bright
Nov 6, 2025


Altech Batteries sodium-nickel-chloride batteries pass explosive test program
Shotgun blasts and rifle rounds failed to cause any major damage to Altech Batteries’ sodium-nickel-chloride stainless steel casing during recent testwork on the high-tech battery. Credit: File Altech Batteries (ASX: ATC) has run its sodium-nickel-chloride (SNC) batteries through an explosive series of safety destruction tests, with the high-tech batteries coming up trumps with zero thermal runaway, fire or explosion. A full suite of extreme safety, self-destruction tests dem

Craig Nolan
Oct 28, 2025


Altech Silumina achieves breakthrough in battery capacity retention
Altech Batteries is hailing a breakthrough with its Silumina Anodes technology and has set up a pilot plant next to its planned...

Doug Bright
Oct 9, 2025


Altech Batteries partners to sell salt batteries in key global markets
Altech Batteries will collaborate with the giant Chinese sodium nickel chloride battery manufacturer AMPower to produce to produce UPS...

Doug Bright
Sep 30, 2025


Altech Batteries proved safe and efficient for long-lasting energy storage
Altech Batteries’ CERENERGY cells have run more than 650 cycles with no capacity loss, 92% efficiency and proven safety. Its 60kWh...

Doug Bright
Sep 12, 2025


Altech Batteries sodium battery eligible for €46.7M German grant
A Fraunhofer Gesellschaft battery institute employee taking an Altech Batteries CERENERGY unit through its paces. Credit: File Altech...

Craig Nolan
Sep 2, 2025


28-year old battery validates Altech Batteries salt battery tech
Altech Batteries has seamlessly revived a 28-year-old sodium-nickel-chloride battery that uses a primitive version of its own modern-day salt based “Cerenergy” battery technology.

James Pearson
May 16, 2025


Altech Batteries marks milestone as it pumps out novel battery anodes
Altech Batteries is pumping out its high-tech Silumina anodes from its German pilot plant to supply product to potential customers for testing. The milestone sets Altech up for future commercial production.

Craig Nolan
May 6, 2025


Major shareholder backs Altech Batteries with $4.3m bond facility
Altech Batteries has locked in the backing of a major shareholder, German-based firm Deutsche Balaton AG, by securing funding via bond...

Craig Nolan
Mar 25, 2025


Altech Batteries scores approval to build German battery facility
Part of the Altech Batteries-Fraunhofer operating pilot plant in Hermsdorf, Germany for its Cerenergy project. Credit: File Altech...

Craig Nolan
Mar 17, 2025


Altech Batteries company restructure increases stake in salt battery tech
Altech Batteries has agreed to buy out the minority stakes in its CERENERGY and Silumina Anodes projects for $23.3m worth of shares from...

James Pearson
Feb 28, 2025


Highest S&P green rating opens funding door for Altech Batteries salt battery
Altech Batteries has been awarded “Dark Green” certification, for its revolutionary sodium chloride battery. The certification is the...

James Pearson
Jan 24, 2025


Altech Batteries grabs second offtake deal for salt cell batteries
Altech Batteries (ASX: ATC) has locked in a second offtake agreement, this time from Referenzkraftwerk Lausitz (Reflau), a renewable...

James Pearson
Nov 26, 2024


Altech rolls out funding strategy for salt battery plant
Altech Batteries (ASX: ATC) has received interest from debt funders for its proposed cutting-edge sodium chloride battery project it...

James Pearson
Nov 22, 2024


Supercharged breakthrough as Altech Batteries boosts battery energy
Subiaco-based Altech Batteries (ASX: ATC) has supercharged its alumina-coated silicon anodes to boost the energy capacity of lithium-ion...

Craig Nolan
Oct 17, 2024


Altech Batteries salt battery prototype launches with ‘flying colours’
Altech Batteries (ASX: ATC) has clocked up a key milestone with the successful launch of its first 60kWh “Cerenergy” sodium-chloride...

James Pearson
Oct 1, 2024
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