NLR Senior Energy Storage Engineer Matthew Keyser holds a sheet of copper discs, one of the metals that comprise the internal short-circuit device recently recognized by NASA’s 2025 Invention of the Year Award. Photo by Ellen Jaskol, National Laboratory of the Rockies.
To Shoot for the Moon, Lab Researchers Must First Learn How To Fail on Earth By Rebecca Martineau Weeks ago, four NASA astronauts completed a pioneering journey around the moon. For 10 days, lithium-ion batteries on Artemis II played an important role in powering various communications, navigation, propulsion, and thermal … [continued]
Betting against China in space has become one of those comfortable Western assumptions that deserves to be retired. It sits beside earlier assumptions that Chinese solar would remain second tier, Chinese EVs would remain cheap copies, and Chinese batteries would never define global cost curves. The pattern is familiar. Analysts … [continued]
The crew of the Artemis II moon mission sent back a message of love and hope to the Earth when death and destruction are everywhere.
A new compact, containerized energy storage system can store up solar power during the day and deliver it for more than 100 hours at a time, day or night (cropped, courtesy of Noon Energy).
A new compact, containerized energy storage system can store up solar power and deliver it for more than 100 hours at a time, day or night.
In light of the recent judgement by the Supreme Court of India on the definition of what constitutes the Aravalli, mainstream media has been busy asking doomsday questions on the consequences if they are lost forever. These sharply worded posts channel and amplify outrage. But they imply inevitability and closure … [continued]
Methane super-emitters are the target of a new $100 million investment by Bloomberg Philanthropies, aimed at growing the global network of methane detection satellites and coordinating corrective action among governments (cropped, courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech).
Methane super-emitters are the target of a new $100 million investment by Bloomberg Philanthropies, aimed at growing the global network of methane detection satellites and coordinating corrective action among governments.
The new documentary Bright Harvest: Powering Earth From Space has brought the painstaking labwork of space solar to the big screen, creating a minor buzz across the Intertubes over the prospect of beaming solar energy down to receivers on Earth for firm, reliable, 24/7 clean power regardless of the weather. … [continued]
The California Institute of Technology is among the research institutions developing space-based solar technology (courtesy of CalTech)
A new report indicates that two NASA technologies will play a key role in the space solar race, even as the agency faces the Trump chopping block.
As Aviation Continues To See Greater Demand, NASA and NREL Show How Regional Airports Can Become Energy Nodes Between fleets of rental vehicles and ground support equipment, electricity demand at U.S. airports might quintuple in the next 20 years. Smaller regional and general aviation airports, which often have simple rural … [continued]
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker gave a rousing speech in New Hampshire this week in which he argued that US citizens are demanding urgent action. We must, he said, “fight — EVERYWHERE AND ALL AT ONCE.” He refuses to follow the advice of “do-nothing political types” who are calling for caution … [continued]
