Neoen Says Hornsdale Tesla Battery Has Exceeded Expectations
After two years in operation, the Hornsdale battery in South Australia is exceeding all expectations for stabilizing the grid and lowering costs.
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Stanford Researchers Create Liquid Metal Flow Battery Optimized For Energy Storage
Researchers at Stanford are working on a new flow battery that uses a liquid metal anode and a ceramic membrane. If successful, the battery will lead to new higher power grid scale energy storage that is cheaper than existing batteries.
MIT Group May Have Solved The Liquid Sodium Battery Conundrum
MIT battery researcher Donald Sadoway and his team report a breakthrough that could lead to liquid sodium storage batteries that are cheap and reliable — just what the electrical grids of the world need to make renewable energy viable.
US Grid-Scale Battery Startup Looks To Australia For R&D, Manufacturing
The US company behind a promising grid-scale energy storage technology known as liquid metal batteries is looking to set up a collaborative research base in Australia, and possibly a manufacturing hub, as it begins to test its technology at scale.
A Look Under The Hood At The BYD Electric Bus Factory
After talking with BYD at Solar Power International last month, BYD invited CleanTechnica over for an inside look at the latest and greatest creations from BYD at their Lancaster, California, electric bus factory. Zach covered the launch of the facility back in May of 2013 on our sister site EV … [continued]
Battery Design Could Help Solar And Wind Power The Grid
This post first appeared on the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory website by Mike Ross Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical grid. “For solar and … [continued]
