IFA Berlin, which stands for “Innovation For All,” is a diverse technology show. There were numerous mobile, entertainment and AI-enabled devices, but there were also a range of clean technology products. On the first day of IFA, I saw several different paths to sustainability. Products from large companies and small … [continued]
In general, there’s far more concern about electric car range and electric car battery longevity than there needs to be. We’ve got a 2019 Tesla Model 3 SR+ and a 2018 BMW i3 REx and just need to charge them up once or twice a week overnight at home. Electric … [continued]
U.S. battery energy storage capacity nearly doubles in the first 18 months of the Trump administration as grid operators turn to storage to strengthen grid reliability WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. energy storage industry installed a record 20.2 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of new capacity in Q2, bringing total installations in the … [continued]
The Princeton University spinout will use the funding to expand sales and commercial deployments of its revolutionary brine-based lithium production platform in the U.S. and South America. PRINCETON, N.J. — Princeton Critical Minerals (PCM), a startup developing technologies to accelerate and increase lithium production yields from brine sources, has raised $16 … [continued]
A forthcoming 3 gigawatt-hour factory in North Carolina will help nail down an ample supply of Made-in-the-USA lithium-ion batteries, supported by a $100 million grant from the US Department of Energy.
I’ve had a BLUETTI FridgePower battery for a few months now, and it’s definitely a special product that could become a household normal in many regions around the world. We are seeing more and more extreme weather as the globe heats up and our climate is disrupted. I’ve gone through … [continued]
Little BAIC Group EV startup Arcfox has gone an interesting route. Naturally, when we think of EV battery swapping, we typically think of NIO, which has far and away been the battery swapping leader in the industry. However, the world’s biggest battery producer, CATL, has also gotten into the battery … [continued]
The US startup Sila has widened its field from EV batteries to include military and industrial applications, earning a $1.4 billion conditional loan commitment from the US Department of Defense.
National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) scientists Bennett Addison (left) and Ross Kerner study results from a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scan of a semiconductor material. Their curiosity and keenness to venture into NMR's lesser-used methods have shown that discoveries are around the corner in many energy applications. Photo by Agata Bogucka, National Laboratory of the Rockies.
National Laboratory of the Rockies Researchers Use Nuclear Magnetic Resonance To Advance Innovation in Batteries, Semiconductors, and Bioplastics When researchers bring their inventions into the laboratory of Bennett Addison, he often has one question for them: “Did you really make what you think you made?” At the atomic level, the answer … [continued]
This is one of the largest solar-plus-battery storage corporate PPA ever signed from a single plant in the U.S., and it will be served by the largest renewable plant in ContourGlobal’s portfolio. Project Sterling is a hybrid solar PV + BESS project in Arizona. With more than 1.4 GWh of … [continued]
