AVESTOR Inaugurates the World's First Lithium-Metal-Polymer Battery Manufacturing Plant

Revolutionary Product Marks Significant Industry Milestone

20-Sep-2002
MONTREAL, Sept. 19 - AVESTOR is starting production of the world's first fully commercial lithium-metal-polymer (LMP) battery at its new manufacturing plant in Boucherville, Quebec, today. This revolutionary achievement marks an industry milestone -- the first commercial alternate energy storage battery for the telecommunications, automotive and public utility industries. AVESTOR is a joint venture of Hydro-Quebec and Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC. The later is wholly owned by Kerr-McGee Corp. The two partners each hold a 50% stake in AVESTOR. This new LMP battery, branded SE 48S70, provides superior performance and longer life than traditional valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries, at one-third the size and one-fifth the weight, Borys said. The first model is designed to provide a power back-up for telecommunications relay equipment, which ensures that wired and wireless networks remain operational even when the regular power grid fails. Given its small size and weight, and large storage capacity, the battery could be a key element in the successful development of hybrid (HEV) and fully electric-powered (EV) vehicles. It also could be a solution for electrical utilities during times of power overload. The heart of the AVESTOR LMP battery is a series of ultra-thin layers of four materials that are laminated together. Each layer is less than 100 microns (1 millionth of a meter) in thickness. The LMP battery is far more stable under extreme heat and cold than the VRLA battery and has a guaranteed life of 10 years. The battery, which is solid-state and has no acid or liquid that can leak, spill or lose potency, is an environmentally- preferred alternative to existing technology. The AVESTOR plant, which includes leading manufacturing technology, features specially designed dry rooms that are equipped with state-of-the-art production systems engineered to ensure the highest standards of production and quality control. The facility's initial battery production rating is 120-megawatt hours. The plant is expandable to 600-megawatt hours as demand increases.

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