Category: Energy Storage

The new era of big batteries has already drawn scrutiny after fiery electric-car crashes across America and Europe. Now, U.S. city planners are worried about the same risk of hard-to-control Continue Reading

Diy compressed air Going off-grid? Think twice before you invest in a battery system. Compressed air energy storage is the sustainable and resilient alternative to batteries, with much longer life Continue Reading

Europe may be left behind in its quest to establish itself as a major electric vehicle (EV) player if it doesn’t compete with the Asian market, according to representatives of Continue Reading

Maxwell Technologies is putting the lifetime value of its recently announced deal to provide ultracapacitor-based subsystems to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely), the parent company of leading brands such as Continue Reading

EEStor Corporation has developed a hybrid capacitor dielectric material (glass-CMBT) that is shown in independent third-party testing to provide higher permittivity at a significantly reduced cost to existing capacitor technologies Continue Reading

When Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced US$30 million in funding for energy storage projects at the beginning of this month, he drew praise from renewable energy-focused media as the Continue Reading

The quest for the perfect battery continues. Increasingly often called the Holy Grail of energy storage, it needs to be energy dense, cheap, and durable. Existing batteries usually fail in Continue Reading

Lithium, or “white petroleum” as some call it, has become a crucial element in today’s high-tech economy. Demand for lithium is soaring, and producers are frantically searching for new sources Continue Reading