Grid-Scale Storage Solutions — Plastic & Freeze/Thaw Battery Edition
Plastic and molten salt batteries may be the key to grid-scale energy storage.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
“Hibernating” Energy Storage Solves Seasonal Power Generation Problem
Fossil energy stakeholders continue to cast doubt upon the power of renewable energy to transform the global economy, but their grip on reality is loosening with every new development in the clean tech field. The large-scale energy storage field provides a good example. Just a few years ago battery life … [continued]
$200 Million Says Solid-State Batteries Will Soon Crack Gasmobile Death Grip
A hot market is growing for solid-state batteries that function efficiently at room temperature, as demonstrated by a new $200 million round of Series D funding for the US energy storage startup Factorial Energy.
Researchers Pioneer New View of Deep Rock Fractures for Geothermal Energy
The flow of electrical current signals changes in fractures deep beneath the earth. By Christina Nunez Scorchingly hot granite deep underground can be tapped for energy by opening up cracks in the rock. This potential resource, known as enhanced geothermal energy, requires a clear sense of changes happening in the … [continued]
Fire & Ice: The Puzzling Link Between Western Wildfires & Arctic Sea Ice
What’s behind the worsening wildfires in the Western United States? Arctic sea ice plays an important role By Brendan Bane, PNNL RICHLAND, Washington — “Some say the world will end in fire,” wrote Robert Frost a century ago. The poet described one popular take on the world’s end before shifting to … [continued]
The Crazy Dream Of A Flow Battery Electric Vehicle Is Not So Crazy Any More
Flow battery technology is sliding into mainstream energy storage, and the electric vehicle market could be the next target.
The Heat Is On — Is The Grid Ready?
PNNL develops solutions to help prep the grid for more frequent and intense droughts, heat waves, and wildfires
11 Energy-Related Inventions From Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Get More Funding
$9.6 million in federal and industry-matched funding will advance research projects
PNNL Invention Reduces Risk of Battery Explosions
Rapid removal of gases during battery fires is critical to explosion prevention
Meet The Marine Energy Atlas
The promise of marine energy is seemingly boundless — and thanks to a recently upgraded tool powered by new high-resolution data sets, users can pinpoint promising sites. Developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) resource characterization team and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies … [continued]
