2022 was arguably the most important year in United States climate action: Landmark federal legislation and pro-climate state elections have paved the way for a clean energy boom in every corner of th...
Tag: energy storage
The ‘Sleeping Giant Of Energy Storage’ Is Waking Up
A closed-loop pumped storage system promises to store large amounts of long-duration energy without … [+] disturbing river ecosystems. U.S. DOE A venerable energy-storage technology is getting a...
Uncle Sam Wants You To Recycle The Dead Cellphones And Laptops In Your Junk Drawer
Old laptops stacked Getty Images There’s little need to repeat all the drawbacks of the supply chain for lithium-ion batteries—the destructive and exploitive mining, the dependence on dubious governme...
New Battery Made From Common Elements Offers Four Days Of Power
Form Energy’s iron-air battery represents a significant step in researchers’ efforts to find a … [+] battery that will provide power for 10 days. getty A company soon to settle in We...
A Cheaper Chemistry Is Storming The Battery Market
A miner inspects the inside of a cobalt mine at the Chilean Cobalt Corp. exploration site in La … [+] Cobaltera, Atacama Region, Chile. Known for its vast copper deposits, Chile is joining the s...
EVs Won’t Overload The Power Grid, In Fact EVs (And Ice) Are Its Salvation
The U.S. west is suffering a major heat wave which may result in rolling blackouts and reminders not to charge electric cars in the afternoon. With California also ordering that all cars by 2035 be el...