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 calcium-metal-based liquid rechargeable battery was recently demonstrated by MIT professor Donald Sadoway and his team of researchers. The battery is intended for grid-scale storage and a long cycle life. Calcium was blended with magnesium to make it usable, and these two elements are often found together during mining operations, so there could be … [continued]
There are a handful of energy storage startups we have our eyes on. One never knows for sure which technological breakthrough will really… break through, but initial stats or estimates from a handful of companies in this space look promising. One of those is Ambri. If “Ambri” doesn’t ring a bell, maybe … [continued]
Ambri, a startup company which stemmed from MIT, has opened its liquid metal battery factory alongside the Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. At the moment, the company has a prototype with an energy storage capacity of 35 kWh and a peak wattage of 8.75 kW. It will only manufacture prototypes and … [continued]
Ambri is one of the “potentially breakthrough” energy storage companies we’re watching. If you’re not familiar with the name, it is the company that spun out of liquid metal battery research conducted by Donald Sadoway* and some of his students at MIT. Still not ringing a bell? You’ve very likely … [continued]
We’ve gotten a pretty decent stream of views in the past couple days from people googling “liquid metal battery” or “donald sadoway battery” or “ambri” or something along those lines. Given that there wasn’t any recent news on Donald Sadoway’s liquid metal battery (now being developed under the company name … [continued]
Molten salt sandwiched between two layers of liquid metal constitutes the inside of a new battery developed by Ambri, a company founded in Cambridge, and the evolving creation of MIT Professor Don Sadoway. The company and the battery is now backed by Bill Gates, who met Sadoway after he took an online class of his at … [continued]
We’ve written about Don Sadoway’s liquid batteries, a potential breakthrough energy storage solution that could help make renewable energy explode even more than it already is, and shared a TED talk of Sadoway discussing the technology. The latest news in this story is that Sadoway’s team has received $15 million … [continued]
Nicholas wrote in February about an innovative ‘liquid battery’ designed by Dr. Donald Sadoway and his research team at MIT. Sadoway’s liquid metal batteries have many people a tad excited, so it’s natural that he’d be talking about the batteries at TED. He recently spoke at TED 2012: Full Spectrum — … [continued]
According to research conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, renewable sources of energy such as the sun and wind could become economically competitive with traditional sources of energy via the use of liquid batteries.
