Explore the solid state vs lithium ion debate in this detailed battery technology comparison, highlighting differences in energy density, longevity, safety, and future energy storage potential.

Lithium-ion batteries have become the dominant technology for powering modern electronics, electric vehicles, and renewable ...

Despite federal efforts to revive coal, market forces continue to push utilities toward cleaner, cheaper alternatives like renewables and batteries. A Stanford-led initiative proposes converting ...

One of the ongoing problems with renewables like wind energy systems or solar photovoltaic (PV) power is that they are oversupplied when the sun shines or the wind blows but can lead to electricity ...

Scientists have found a way to push zinc–bromine flow batteries to the next level. By trapping corrosive bromine with a simple molecular scavenger, they were able to remove a major barrier to the ...

Iron-air batteries use a reversible rusting process to store and release electricity using abundant materials like iron and water. These “100-hour batteries” could solve renewable energy’s biggest ...

Solar panels and wind turbines give the world bountiful energy—but come with a conundrum. When it’s sunny and windy out, in many places these renewables produce more electricity than is actually ...

Electricity is having another Thomas Edison moment of transformation this century, and it’s all thanks to lithium-ion batteries. Nearly 150 years after the American scientist patented the light bulb ...

There are two projects under study: a 142-megawatt system in New Milford and a 205-megawatt system in Bridgeport.

The Kraftblock team at the site of one of their firm's thermal batteries, installed at a ceramics plant. The battery is the white container connected to the building via the chrome pipes. About half ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Extreme heat and stormy weather have been gripping New York City for weeks, straining the energy grid and causing a number of blackouts throughout the five boroughs. But ...