Buh-Bye, Conflict Minerals: US Gets First Sodium-Ion Battery Factory
The sodium-ion battery of the future is coming to decarbonize US data centers and backup generators, now do electric vehicles.
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Offshore Wind Industry Saved By Lighter Floating Platforms
A floating offshore wind startup is gearing up to commercialize a modular, hyper-local assembly model to cut the cost of floating platforms.
Space Solar Power Is Happening Sooner Rather Than Later
Despite the obstacles, the dream of beaming solar power from space down to Earth has been gaining momentum and edging closer to reality.
Nickel-Mining Plants To Juice EV Battery Supply Chain
A new, plant-based source of nickel could help spare the EV battery supply chain from the burden of environmental impacts related to mining.
Space Solar Really, Really Is Not So Spacey Any More
The space solar race is on, as research teams in the US, the UK and elsewhere around the world take a wacky idea and make it real.
QuantumScape Brushes Off Solid-State Battery Skeptics
The US startup QuantumScape is moving ahead with plans to manufacture a solid-state battery with a self-forming lithium-metal anode.
The WindRunner Cometh: Game Over For Foes Of Wind Farms
A US startup has hatched a new plan to bring supersized wind turbines to onshore wind farms, opening up new opportunities for development.
New Hope For EV Sales Sparked By New $400 Million Factory, Somewhere In The USA
EV sales are actually pretty good, and they are about to get another boost from new low cost, next-generation battery architecture.
LNG Stakeholders Have Something New To Worry About Now
The US startup Syzygy Plasmonics is among the ammonia-to-hydrogen innovators striking fear into the heart of the LNG industry.
Extremely Fast EV Charging Delivers 100 Miles In 5 Minutes
The Israeli electric vehicle battery startup StoreDot is laying plans for extremely fast EV charging in the US, Asian, and European markets.
