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8 Ways to Maximize Your Smartphone Battery’s Lifespan

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 07:31:07 +0000

A lithium-ion battery naturally degrades over time and the number of years covered since its first use until the time it has to be replaced is called its lifespan or service life. The average lifespan of a lithium-ion battery is between 300 to 500 cycles. It discharges and recharges normally for the first 300 cycles, […]

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How to Beat the Agony of a Dying Phone Battery

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 14 May 2019 10:10:58 +0000

Phones and tablets are our main computers these days. We rely on them. Manufacturers limit the device’s performance once battery capacity has dropped below a certain threshold. And most of the time, people don’t realize that. Batteries are usually overlooked when we buy a new phone or tablet. They’re seen as the “fuel tank” that […]

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Finnish Company Boosts Battery Recycling to Over 80 Percent

Matias Prieto — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 15:02:49 +0000

Finnish recycling company Fortum has achieved the high recycling rate for electric vehicle (EV) batteries of 80 per cent with a low-CO2 hydrometallurgical recycling process. The number of EVs on the road will increase from 3 million to 125 million by 2030. Current battery manufacturing casts a shadow on the overall sustainability of electric vehicles. […]

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Hybrid Cathode Boosts Energy Density of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Mila Luleva — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 17:00:40 +0000

MIT researchers developed a technology that can give a major boost to lithium-sulfur batteries. Energy storage technology is still struggling to keep up with the advances in electronics, renewable energy generation, electric vehicles, and all gadgets that require wireless power or delay in power usage. Lithium-ion batteries are still the leaders in the industry, although […]

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Explosion-Free Lithium Ion Battery Developed by Amionx

Mila Luleva — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 15:12:04 +0000

Amionx, an up-and-coming company based in California, found the key to explosion-free Li-ion batteries. We have been waiting for a breakthrough in the field of energy storage. Many have made an attempt to create a safer and lighter version of the good old Li-ion battery, but the efforts have not yet led to a viable […]

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The Hidden Details Behind Lithium-Ion Batteries

Mila Luleva — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 20:45:02 +0000

Lithium-ion batteries are behind almost all of our favorite gadgets and electronics. But how much do we know about them? Let’s get down to the details. Electric vehicles, smart phones, laptops, even watches. Pretty much all of our portable favorites, which require some sort of power, depend on Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. Yet, we give very […]

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Hanging bricks, a simpler way of storing energy

Matias Prieto — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:41:32 +0000

A tower of bricks could be the solution of renewable energy biggest problem. During peak hours (especially mornings and evenings) the demand of energy is bigger. Renewable energies suppliers need to feed enough energy during these moments, so they need to have high technologies batteries that can store big amounts of energy. This graphic shows […]

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Renault Launches Europe’s Largest Energy Storage Project

Matthew Fiala — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 20:06:57 +0000

French company Renault is launching the biggest energy stationary storage system from EV batteries in Europe, and just introduced Advanced Battery Storage, a stationary storage system for energy developed exclusively from EV batteries. For electric vehicles and their pricey battery packs to meet sales targets set out by governments and automakers, the energy storage challenge […]

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New Lithium Battery Captures Carbon Dioxide as a Useful Product

Matthew Fiala — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:23:48 +0000

A new battery could be made partly from carbon dioxide captured from power plants. This battery could continuously convert carbon dioxide into a solid mineral carbonate as it discharges. Although this concept is only based on early-stage research, the new battery formulation could open up new avenues that ultimately help reduce the emission of greenhouse […]

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This New Material Will Make Batteries Fast-Charging

Arsenij Percov — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 19:01:15 +0000

Researchers from the University of Cambridge identified a group of materials that could be used to make fast-charging batteries charge even faster. They found that lithium ions move faster through niobium tungsten oxides than through any other electrode material. These materials do not have higher energy densities. However, they give […]

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Panasonic Decreases Cobalt Content Of Its Batteries

Arsenij Percov — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 19:36:06 +0000

Panasonic, the exclusive battery cell supplier for Tesla, is making progress towards its goal of providing cobalt-free batteries. According to Reuters, a CEO of Panasonic stated on July 12, 2018, that the company plans to halve the use of cobalt in its mass-produced automotive batteries “in 2 to 3 years.” The global cobalt supply is […]

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Second-Life EV Batteries Get New Life in EVgo’s Charging Stations

Arsenij Percov — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:14:23 +0000

EVgo announced that it is exploring new ways of using second life batteries. It will put an effort into the initial construction of the batteries for electric cars and their primary, secondary, and maybe tertiary use cases. First of all, EVgo will add the used BMW i3 batteries in its grid-tied public fast charging system. […]

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Honda’s Mobile Power Pack to Power Indonesian Electric Motorcycles

Arsenij Percov — Sat, 14 Jul 2018 20:36:07 +0000

Honda and Panasonic have teamed up to start an experimental program for electric motorcycles in Indonesia. They will make swappable batteries available for electric motorcycles. Indonesia is one of the largest motorcycle markets in the world. Additionally, it has issues with air quality, so electrified transportation can help with resolving them. However, electric vehicles have […]

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Hyundai Invests In Solid State Batteries

Arsenij Percov — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 20:47:55 +0000

More and more car manufacturers are entering the race to develop and offer solid-based batteries in their electric vehicles. Hyundai announced that it is investing in an American company called Ionic Materials. Last year, Hyundai tried to develop the technology by itself, according to Korea Herald’s report. However, it decided to increase its chances of […]

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Tesla Plans To Build Most Advanced Factory In Shanghai

Arsenij Percov — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 20:46:11 +0000

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk landed a deal with Chinese authorities on Tuesday to open a massive factory in Shanghai, China’s primary commercial city. It will be their first overseas production and assembly plant. The plant, named Gigafactory 3, will be located in Lingang near Shangai’s free trade zone. It is expected to […]

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New Cold-Immune Battery Charges at Freezing Temperatures

Arsenij Percov — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 04:49:10 +0000

California is the state with the most electric vehicles right now. There are plenty of reasons for that. First one is urban air quality concerns. Because of them, the state provides subsidies if you want to buy an electric car, making it easier and more attractive to buy one. However, one of the most important […]

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World’s First Rechargeable Proton Battery Invented at RMIT in Australia

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Thu, 24 May 2018 19:18:47 +0000

Why Develop a Proton Battery? Enormous Potential With more improvements and modifications, the rechargeable proton battery developed at RMIT University has the potential to store much larger amount of energy than the currently available and widely used lithium-ion batteries. If scaled up, the technology can be applicable for medium-scale storage on electricity grids and for […]

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PNNL’s New EV Battery: 7x Longer Lifespan, 2 to 3 Times Longer Range

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 19:26:06 +0000

The transport sector remains a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and electric vehicles can eliminate this generation of pollutants. Still, there are factors that remain challenges to electric mobility. The miles an electric vehicle can drive before it runs out of charge is almost half of the miles a petroleum/diesel-fueled vehicle can drive before […]

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Tesla set to build the largest Virtual Solar Plant in history

Jose Aguilar — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:18:29 +0000

Last year Elon Musk offered to build the largest storage battery installation in the world in South Australia. This would be no ordinary proposal, even less ordinary when he boasted about doing it in 100 days, or else the service would be handed for free. The challenge was met and the installation was completed in only […]

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Warner, New Hampshire – Home of a Microgrid Virtual Power Plant

Jose Aguilar — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:18:00 +0000

A U.S. community microgrid project is in the making in Warner, New Hampshire, to harness the potential solar-derived power coming from individual units in random buildings, making it available as needed once plugged into the existing electrical grid distribution system. The project entails the installation of the associated equipment such as solar panels, batteries, inverters, etc., […]

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Nissan to Sell Solar Panels and Battery Storage Cheaper Than Tesla

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:41:09 +0000

The residents of the United Kingdom that have solar products installed in their households could save as much as 66 percent of their electric bills. This is according to Nissan’s recent press release. To make the technology more available to homeowners, Nissan has recently launched its Nissan Energy Solar, described by the automaker as an […]

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Hyundai: EV Battery Prices to Stop Declining by 2020

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 20:10:31 +0000

Being the most expensive part of electric vehicles, batteries are the key to the affordability of green vehicles, and the latter’s sales and technological trends. In the past few years, lithium-ion batteries were decreasing at a fast rate, averaging 12 percent per year, making the mass production of green vehicles cheaper. However, the South Korean […]

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Tesla Flips Switch on World’s Largest Lithium Ion Battery in Australia

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:55:39 +0000

About a year ago, the entire South Australia suffered a series of blackouts, pushing its government to raise a $550 million project aimed at guaranteeing electric supply and shoring up the state’s power grid. Part of this project is the 129-megawatt-hour lithium battery – the world’s largest so far – built by Tesla in just […]

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Lithium Market to Growing With Increased Demand for EVs

Jose Aguilar — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 19:14:57 +0000

NEW YORK, The United States – Allied Market Research reported the Global Lithium-ion Battery Market size to peak $46.21 billion by 2022, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.8%. Li-ion rechargeable batteries, made of high-density units, power mainly portable equipment. The expected growth of the Lithium market is to come primarily from increased […]

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Toshiba’s New SCiB EV Battery Charges for 200 Miles in 6 Minutes

Guest Contributor — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:02:39 +0000

While most would agree that Toshiba is not as popular as Samsung SDI, Panasonic, or Tesla, in terms of electric car batteries, the company has made efforts in order to build a more prominent name in this industry. After years of research, Toshiba has announced that is has developed a new version of SCiB battery […]

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Russian Nuclear Power Corporation to Enter EV Battery Business

Guest Contributor — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:40:48 +0000

News that Rosatom Corporation, owned by the Russian state is planning to begin lithium mining operations with the purpose of selling it, has just surfaced. It appears that the company also intends to extract and sell other metals that are used in the production of batteries. The decision seems to have been a result of […]

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Asphalt may be the Secret Ingredient to Faster Charging EV Batteries

Guest Contributor — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:36:00 +0000

Supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Prince Energy, as well as EMD-Merck, scientists from Rice University have discovered that using asphalt in the manufacturing process of lithium-ion batteries may speed up the charging process. The discovery has been made at Rice University and consists of using anodes essentially made from asphalt. These […]

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Scientists Search for New 2D Materials for Better, Cheaper Batteries

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:55:56 +0000

Known for their extremely light weight and extreme mechanical strength and flexibility, 2D materials are also excellent conductors of heat and electricity, rendering them an excellent choice for electricity generation and energy storage. Graphene, which is purely composed of carbon atoms and is believed to be the world’s strongest material, is a good example of 2D […]

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China Now Dominates Market for Lithium-ion Battery Components

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 19:57:52 +0000

About ten years ago, Japan was leading the industry of lithium-ion battery materials. Now the lead shifted to China mainly because of the country’s very low labor costs and less strict environmental standards. This shift can be alarming in terms of environmental hazards, especially in the coming decades that electric vehicles and home energy storage […]

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Multivalent Metals – Potential Game Changer for Lithium Ion Batteries

Guest Contributor — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:26:55 +0000

As we develop more advanced mobile technology, as well as electric vehicles, batteries become increasingly important to our society. Lithium-ion batteries are currently the most commonly used, and the most dependable energy storage cells commercially available. However, it is unlikely that this technology will remain unchanged in the years to come. The whole world has […]

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Improvements are being made to Samsung Electric Car Batteries…slowly

Guest Contributor — Sat, 16 Sep 2017 23:04:06 +0000

The batteries are some of the most important components of electric vehicles. They dictate the final price of the car, as well as its maximum operating range and charging time. The last few years have allowed several companies to rise to power in the EV battery industry. Some of the most well known are: Panasonic, […]

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Tesla Commits to Build Largest Lithium Ion Battery Ever In Australia

Nicholas Say — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 21:00:05 +0000

When Elon Musk takes on a project, he doesn’t mess about. World’s first 100% electric car brand? Now it’s one the worlds largest car companies when measured via market cap. And it hasn’t even been a decade since the first Tesla rolled onto public roads. Now the visionary industrialist is taking on public infrastructure, […]

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Toyota Is On The Hunt For New Battery Materials With AI

Nicholas Say — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 16:43:18 +0000

Battery technology is holding back green autos, and Toyota knows it. They recently announced that they would be enlisting the help of advanced algorithms in their hunt for better battery technologies. The idea is that an AI can be created that will hunt down possible battery materials that are eluding us currently, and then they […]

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How Ceramic Electrodes Could Triple Li-Ion Batteries’ Efficiency

Ece Polat — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:22:13 +0000

The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the Council for Scientific Research have found a way to make ceramic electrodes for lithium-ion batteries. These electrodes are not only cheaper, but they are more efficient, resistant, and safer than regular batteries. An electric battery converts chemical energy to electricity; meanwhile, it uses two electrodes (anode and […]

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New Flow Battery Storage Project Sees California Light

Ece Polat — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 19:40:26 +0000

Last week, San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) and Sumitomo Electric (SEI) announced that it started a pilot project for a 2-MW vanadium redox flow (VRF) battery storage. The project will last four years, and if the new technology can be enhanced economically, be delivered safely, integrated to renewable energy, and contribute to utility flexibility. The […]

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German Coal Mine Converted into Renewable Energy Storage

Nicholas Say — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 06:42:50 +0000

The Prosper-Haniel hard coal mine in North-Rhine Westaphalia is a show piece of the right way forward. It is a hard coal mine that dates back to 1863, and thankfully in 2018 it will never produce coal again. Instead of just being shuttered, it is being converted into a 200 megawatt pumped-storage hydroelectric reservoir. This […]

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Elon Musk: Tesla Needs 100 Days to Implement 100MW Energy Storage in Australia

Ece Polat — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:08:45 +0000

Recently, Elon Musk challenged the Australian and federal government by claiming that he can solve the state’s energy problems in 100 days and that he can mount a 100 MW energy storage system for free. Lyndon Rive, Tesla’s vice president of energy products, said that the company can install 100-300 MWh energy with battery storage […]

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Spacelink’s Supercapacitor Matches Lithium Ion Batteries

Ece Polat — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 16:43:30 +0000

With Spacelink Inc. working on the electric double-layer capacitor (EDLC), a new capacitor that is equivalent to lithium-ion batteries in terms of energy density can become a reality. The EDLC includes a single-layer carbon nanotube (CNT) and metal oxide to make the energy density reach to 150 Wh/L. The main areas that EDLC can […]

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New Nanotech Material Could Solve On-Vehicle Hydrogen Storage Problems

Ece Polat — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 19:53:15 +0000

Scientists from Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories developed a hydro-storage system using nanotechnology. This innovative storage system can draw a futuristic picture with hydrogen-powered vehicles. The new technology makes it possible for the hydrogen storage systems to be lightweight and low-pressure. Although these two characteristics are tough to achieve in a hydrogen storage system, a […]

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This New Solid-State Battery Can Change the Energy Storage Industry

Ece Polat — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 20:04:41 +0000

John Goodenough, a professor in the Univesity of Texas, and his team of engineers were able to develop a battery in a solid state. The lack of any toxic liquid in a battery allows the battery to be safer and long lasting. In fact, since this developed battery is rechargeable, it can be used in […]

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Green Tea Could Be Used to Make Next Generation Supercapacitors

Nicholas Say — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 20:51:46 +0000

It seems like people are wearing and carrying more electronic technology all the time. Up to this point people have used batteries to power them, but there are other options for personal electronics. Supercapacitors would be a great way to power a gadget, and they can take a charge very quickly. Apparently, they can be […]

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Urine-Powered Batteries One Step Closer to Hitting the Market

Ece Polat — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 18:16:41 +0000

Producing electrical energy from solar and wind power is a common way to replace fossil fuels with renewable sources. Although the name of the ‘renewable’ sounds like the energy is provided infinitely, this is not the case in reality. When the energy is produced from sun and wind, there is a need to store the […]

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New Flow Battery Tech Has Potential to Take Over Green Storage Market

Nicholas Say — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 17:57:42 +0000

Flow batteries are not a new technology. But in a recent report from two Harvard professors a new kind of flow battery was announced, and it is a major leap forward. One of the authors would not call it a “groundbreaking” report. But Michael Aziz is excited about the research he is doing with flow […]

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Electric Vehicle Batteries Cheaper than Ever

Ece Polat — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 19:22:46 +0000

Ward’s Auto published a report on February 7th that announced the fall of the EV battery prices faster than calculated. The prices are even lower than the 2020 aim, which was $100 per kilowatt-hour. In the latest Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, John McElroy said that “Back in 2010 the Department of Energy set […]

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New Seawater Battery May Replace Lithium-Ion

Nicholas Say — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:16:15 +0000

A battery that uses seawater has been constructed by engineers at South Korea’s Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST). They are looking for a way to wean us off of lithium-ion technology, and it looks like they might have found a solution to our little lithium problem. The battery they developed works with […]

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Tesla Builds the Largest Grid Storage In Only 3 Months

Ece Polat — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 11:17:38 +0000

Tesla just finished building the largest grid storage facility, and it took only three months. This battery grid storage facility has 16,000 lithium ion cells and a capacity of 210 kilowatt-hours within each ‘Powerpack’. This means that the facility’s installed grid storage is 15% of the whole world’s. What was the reason behind this facility? […]

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Lead Acid Batteries’ Comeback – Meet Silicon Joules

Nicholas Say — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 07:35:53 +0000

We are not going to get rid of the internal combustion engine tomorrow, and Chris Beekhuis knows this. He is the CEO of Gridtential, and they have developed a very interesting battery technology, named Silicon Joule. The lead-acid battery technology that his company has patented in Silicon Joule fills an interesting niche, and has the […]

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Hydrogen Fuel Now Safe to Carry Around

Mila Luleva — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:04:13 +0000

Scientists might just have found the solution to all important safe storage and transportation of hydrogen fuel. The secret is a new polymer. There are two main reasons why hydrogen fuel has not yet become the miracle clean and powerful juice for vehicles. These are storage and safety. The temperatures at which hydrogen burns in […]

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Scientists Combine Energy Storage and Solar Cells in Tiny Fibers

Mila Luleva — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 19:43:00 +0000

Scientists developed a unique fabric, which can harness solar energy and store it for later use. There are quite a number of crowdfunding projects out there that plan to sell items of clothing with solar panels attached onto them. Although the demand for portable, rechargeable source of power is ever-so-huge, somehow, it is not surprising, […]

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Charging Smartphones in Seconds with New Supercapacitors

Mila Luleva — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 19:42:17 +0000

New flexible supercapacitors hold the key to super-fast charging cell phones. Has it become the time when finally batteries are out and the new and improved supertechnology comes to take their place and glory? It surely looks like it, or at least we are getting closer and closer to that moment, as scientists are making […]

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Top 10 Home Energy Storage Tesla Rivals

Mila Luleva — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 11:04:21 +0000

Should you opt for Tesla’s new Powerwall 2.0, or should you look elsewhere? We’ll show you the top 10 alternative products. With the launch of Tesla’s new and improved Powerwall 2.0 last week, all eyes are now on Musk and co to deliver. The hype became even bigger, after the announcement of a merger with […]

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New High-Performance DIY Battery Made from Scrap Metal Discharges as Quickly as Supercaps

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 09:37:02 +0000

Did you always think high-performance batteries (except for the lemon-copper-zinc experiment) can only be produced in factories? I did too, until today. Well, now a team of graduates and undergraduates from Vanderbilt University just found out a way to produce high-performance rechargeable batteries from metal scraps and a common household chemical: non-toxic, renewable, non-flammable. The team used […]

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Lithium-Ion Electrodes Made Alongside with Beer

Mila Luleva — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:40:39 +0000

Scientists grew electrodes for lithium-ion batteries in the water discarded during the process of beer production. The latest invention in the field of energy storage comes from a team of engineers at Colorado Boulder University. They managed to find a way to produce an electrode for lithium- ion batteries by using the wastewater, which is […]

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Tesla to Provide Energy Storage for Southern California’s Grid

Mila Luleva — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 18:46:27 +0000

Tesla just signed the biggest energy storage deal ever known. The company will deploy 20 megawatts of energy storage as a backup to Southern California’s grid. Ever since Tesla announced the Powerwall, it was clear that the company is going to be a big player in the energy storage field. However, no one could quite […]

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Australian Company Sells Three Affordable Solar Battery Packs

Mila Luleva — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 21:17:08 +0000

ZEN Energy offers affordable residential solar and battery packs to meet the needs of the average household. When it comes to home-based renewable energy generation, solar power is among the most affordable and accessible options. This is even more apparent at places where companies running the national grid purchase the unused energy from rooftop solar panels. […]

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Sony Enters EV Battery Business, Could Power Formula E Championship

Courtney Lepping — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 12:24:16 +0000

Sony Corporation commercialized the first lithium-ion battery in 1991 and is now approaching the electric vehicle battery industry. Sony can expect to perform well in the industry, even if it loses the bid for the FIA Formula E Championship, which is electric racing cars in need of better batteries. Electric race cars may eventually become […]

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Conergy Builds World’s First Islanding Solar Power Project

Courtney Lepping — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 18:34:53 +0000

An islanding solar project reliant on battery backup is about to undergo a two-year test. Conergy (a well-known solar company), along with Origin Energy, BHP Billiton, Ergon Energy, and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARNEA), just established a Knowledge Sharing Project to bypass renewable energy setbacks. These companies will monitor a $42.5 million Lakeland solar project […]

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Apple Will Produce Electric Cars With This New Battery

Courtney Lepping — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 13:46:49 +0000

Apple is trying, but partly failing, to secure a secret that is on the verge of exposure: The company wants to come out with new technology for its electric car project, technology created from an undisclosed South Korean battery company. What’s the big deal? Well, Apple doesn’t want competing car companies like Tesla to get […]

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Eat This: Scientists Develop Edible Battery to Reduce Pollution

Mila Luleva — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:13:33 +0000

A team of scientists at Carnegie Mellon University developed a battery that can be eaten when it is no longer in use. The number of different technologies that rely on battery power is increasing by the minute. Phones, watches, music players, cameras, cars, buses, renewable energy plants and even pace-makers- all depend and work with […]

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MIT’s New Lithium-Ion Battery Could Be The Future of Electric Cars

Courtney Lepping — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 19:44:44 +0000

Qichao Hu, the CEO at MIT’s SolidEnergy Systems, invented a lithium-ion battery that will last twice as long but smaller by half. This battery is a big deal in that it uses lithium-metal foil as the anode material, as opposed to the standard graphite, carbon, or silicone, and can be used in things like wearables, […]

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Revolutionary i-Battery Technology for Apple’s Electric Cars

Mila Luleva — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 21:14:44 +0000

Apple’s future electric car might have a revolutionary battery technology on board. The competition in the world of technology is very tough. The major players like Apple, Google, and Samsung (and the rest of course), have been jumping over each other, submitting patents, and releasing new techs every other month (almost). So, it is only logical […]

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New Graphene Supercapacitor Makes Lithium-Ion Batteries Charge Fast and Last Forever

Mila Luleva — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 18:53:31 +0000

A new supercapacitor, developed by an Australian scientist, promises eco-friendly, cheap, fast-charging and ever-lasting lithium ion batteries. When it comes to energy storage, especially our good old friends- the lithium ion batteries, some things just sound too good to be true. For example, if someone says they developed an ever lasting battery, which does not […]

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A Better Lithium Ion Battery May Have Been Created, in Austria

Courtney Lepping — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 05:05:58 +0000

Electric vehicles might become the modern form of future transportation. Perhaps, this would explain the three men whose recent design is expected to compete with current vehicular batteries. The battery claim has not been entirely backed up evidence just yet, but apparently three brothers in Freistadt designed a lighter lithium ion battery. The Kreisel brothers […]

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Bacteria Can Drive Tiny Wind Farms to Generate Electricity

Mila Luleva — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 20:54:04 +0000

Scientists from Oxford University have found that bacteria can group into tiny wind farms and generate renewable energy. Renewable energy is continuously on the rise. Bigger and better solar and wind farms keep popping up, slowly but surely heading towards displacing fossil fuels from the top of the charts. Now, we all know that size matters, […]

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New NANO Li-Ion Battery Does not Catch Fire, Designed for Defense Missions

Courtney Lepping — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:36:36 +0000

Many battery cells experience thermal runaway, a condition that results in damage from overheating. Kokam Company produced a new battery, composed of Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC), Lithium Titanate Oxide (LTO) and Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP), to overcome this problem. NANO battery technology is a new kind of lithium-ion battery that passed ballistic testing and was […]

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Li-Ion Batteries Take a Salty Bath to Boost Performance

Mila Luleva — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:35:30 +0000

Australian scientists discovered a way to boost the performance of Li-ion batteries, by giving them a salty bath. No matter how well you preserve your Li-ion batteries, degradation of the electrodes is inevitable. This is probably the reason why everyone is continuously complaining about the under-performance of their batteries, despite the fact that suitable alternatives […]

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Volkswagen to Invest $11 Billion in Electric Car Battery Factory

Courtney Lepping — Tue, 31 May 2016 18:38:07 +0000

Volkswagen wishes to make an electric car comeback by investing $11 billion in a battery factory. After suffering through the backlash of consumers who discovered the company’s diesel emissions scandal, Volkswagen plans to produce 1 million electric and plug-in hybrid cars per year by 2025. In the past Volkswagen relied on turbodiesel engines. Now, Volkswagen […]

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Cheap Energy Storage Solution Uses Rails and Rocks

Mila Luleva — Fri, 20 May 2016 20:48:08 +0000

To store renewable energy all we need is rocks, shipping containers and rails, according to the guys behind ARES Technology. Renewable energy sector is growing with an incredible speed. Bigger and better wind and solar farms emerge continuously, and their capacity increases tremendously. Home-based renewable energy is also continuously growing, with more and more home […]

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Nissan’s Creative Jump from Recycled EV Batteries to xStorage System

Courtney Lepping — Tue, 17 May 2016 05:07:27 +0000

Nissan’s new affordable xStorage energy storage system was just revealed in East London, which will be produced in conjunction with Eaton, a power management firm. Made from the company’s recycled electric vehicle batteries, the system has 12 LEAF battery modules and charges from both renewable energy and practical energy sources. The system connects to either […]

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Gas and Battery-Powered Cars to Have Equal Energy Densities Within 30 Years

Courtney Lepping — Sat, 14 May 2016 11:00:05 +0000

Although the energy density of automotive batteries has yet to match the energy density of gasoline, the Argonne National Lab paints a bright future in terms of battery-powered vehicles. A short-sighted comparison of only the gas tank and battery was deemed insufficient, as Argonne researchers discuss the importance of powertrain efficiency as well as the […]

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Nanowire Batteries That Last Forever Invented at UCI

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:57:40 +0000

Nanowires have long been planned to be a part of tomorrow’s lithium ion batteries. Although thousands of times thinner than human hair, they’re still highly conductive and have a large surface area, which means more place to store and transfer electrons. However, at the same time nanowires are extremely brittle and when integrated into batteries, […]

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GE’s Compact Carbon Dioxide Turbine Can Power a Town

Mila Luleva — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 19:27:05 +0000

The latest development from GE Global Research is a desk-sized supercritical carbon dioxide turbine, which has the capacity to power up to 10,000 homes. When it comes to clean energy sources, size really matters. The trick is, depending on the detail you are looking at, small and big can be equally interesting. For example, the […]

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First Recycled Rechargeable Batteries from Energizer

Mila Luleva — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 22:15:35 +0000

Energizer’s new product line offers world’s first recycled rechargeable batteries. Nowadays it is quite difficult to imagine our lives without batteries. They are everywhere, powering all of our electronic devices, cameras, remote controls, portable lights, and probably a thousand other things. But batteries come with one big disadvantage- they are highly toxic to the environment […]

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Boeing Tests Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

Mila Luleva — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:59:40 +0000

Boeing has developed a new type of fuel cell that can store and generate electricity. The invention is now under testing. Earlier this week, Boeing made an announcement about their latest revelation. They presented the result of 16 months of development- a new-generation “reversible solid oxide fuel cell“, which can store and generate clean power. […]

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Next Generation Nissan EV Batteries Made in UK

Mila Luleva — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:04:49 +0000

The latest from Nissan: their new generation batteries for electric vehicles will be made in the UK. At times when most companies outsource their production to Asia, it is very refreshing to see that there are still some that chose to support the European labor market. One such company is Nissan, who, for the past […]

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Powerwall Hits Australian Homes, But Does it Hit the Grid?

Mila Luleva — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 15:49:17 +0000

Tesla’s Powerwall is already rolling out in Australia, but what does that mean for its customers and the national grid? The Powerwall is all over the news, as the first units are already being fitted on to the homes of the lucky Australians. The responses have been incredible, with everyone agreeing that besides all its […]

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Orison Home Battery Works with Any Power Source

Mila Luleva — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 09:21:50 +0000

Orison home battery system takes up electricity from the grid during cheap off-peak hours and lets you use it when the demand (and price) is the highest. For many, home energy storage is associated with storage of rooftop solar power. Yes, there is a huge demand for systems that do not let generated electricity go to […]

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StorEdge, Home Energy Storage That Works with Tesla’s PowerWall

Mila Luleva — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:43:27 +0000

StorEdge is the latest home energy storage състем, which is now available to purchase around the world. When Elon Musk revealed his Powerwall plans, we all new that the hype will hit the roof. But what we probably did not realize is that he managed to identify a huge gap in the market. He then […]

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Beat Winter with a Self-Heating Battery

Samantha Joe — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:45:40 +0000

Researchers believe they have found the next way to cure winter blues – for electric vehicle battery technology, anyways. A lithium-ion battery that heats on its own when the temperature is below 32° F could be used in many ways. The team of scientists believes it will be most impactful for electric vehicle owners who […]

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Molten Salt Batteries, the next level to Solar and Wind Power Industry

Guest Contributor — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:44:36 +0000

A novel innovation of battery made out of molten metal was developed by MIT. Its vision is to cater the expanding solar and wind generation. The said battery is designed to store energy on the electric grid. The basic set up or configuration of this high-capacity battery is composed of two dissimilar molten metals as […]

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Samsung Has What’s Next for EV Batteries

Samantha Joe — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:27:53 +0000

Did you know Samsung had its own business unit dedicated to batteries? Samsung SDI previewed a prototype design at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit recently. The prototype, a Samsung electric vehicle battery, was designed to improve the driving range of future electric vehicle, as well as reducing harmful impact during production. The high-density […]

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Sony’s New Sulfur Rechargeable Battery Has an Increased Lifespan of 40%

Samantha Joe — Fri, 25 Dec 2015 14:31:15 +0000

In five years, your smartphone could be powered completely differently. Sony has revealed that is developing new sulfur rechargeable battery technology that would replace lithium-ion (li-ion) units. The goal is to have them ready for the market in 2020. By using sulfur compounds as material for the electrode, the energy density per volume (i.e. the energy […]

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MIT Researchers Make Perovskite Solar Cells from Old Car Batteries

Mila Luleva — Fri, 25 Dec 2015 14:30:43 +0000

Lead from recycled car batteries can be used to make perovskite solar cells. MIT researchers have the recipe. The past decade has seen such development in technologies, that I doubt anyone was able to predict it at the start. What is more, the world became more aware of climate change, and what we see now is […]

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The New Bacteria-Powered Battery Made From Paper

Samantha Joe — Fri, 25 Dec 2015 14:30:00 +0000

Not only will batteries be powered differently in the future, they’ll probably look different too. Origami, the Japanese craft of paper folding, can be used to create everything from cranes to dragons. An engineer from Binghamton University has found a way to apply the idea to batteries as well. The foldable paper battery is bacteria-powered; […]

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Thailand Home Energy Storage Project Turns Solar Power to Hydrogen

Mila Luleva — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 13:33:41 +0000

Eco-friendly housing development in Thailand stores excess solar power, generated from rooftops, in the form of hydrogen. It is great to see that improvements in solar panel technologies, and drop in commercial prices, have made more and more home owners opt for generating clean solar power. But, energy consumption varies greatly throughout the day (and night) […]

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‘Hydricity’ Uses Solar Power To Produce and Store Hydrogen

Mila Luleva — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 08:44:43 +0000

Hydricity is a new hybrid concept, which combines solar power with hydrogen production and storage, to ensure constant power generation and highly efficient, chemical-free, energy storage. The scientific community is all about boosting solar cell efficiency, producing hydrogen by splitting the water molecule, and improving energy storage capacity these days. No hour goes by without […]

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‘Power Paper’ – Story Of A Paper That Can Store Electricity

Satya Sivani — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 15:48:31 +0000

Power Paper, created by the researchers of Sweden’s Linköping University, is showing an outstanding ability in storing energy, which can later be used to recharge devices. To meet the ever-increasing energy demands of our society, we need two kinds of devices – the first kind are the ones that can generate energy from renewable sources and the second […]

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First Tesla Powerwall Units Hit Vermont

Mila Luleva — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:54:25 +0000

The first lucky customers of Tesla’s Powerwall are most likely going to be the residents of Vermont. Everyone is eagerly anticipating the energy storage device from the green power house of Tesla. The demand is incredibly high, and everything is already sold out until the middle of next year. But thanks to the utility company […]

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CellSage: A New Software Capable of Diagnosing Battery Life

Michelle Lutz — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 19:18:59 +0000

Battery usage is a baffling push and pull of chemistry that is still hard for most to understand. A battery’s ability to hold a charge can be severely hampered by several things including weather, temperature and many other environmental factors. One company has developed a simple, yet advanced to for diagnosing the health and longevity of […]

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Sodium Ion Battery Meets Industry Standards

Mila Luleva — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:52:51 +0000

French researchers developed the first ready-to-use sodium-ion battery in the most common industry standard – the 18650. Scientists and engineers have been on the look out for an alternative energy storage means in order to overcome the limitations associated with lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. The new technology is firstly supposed to be cheaper, and secondly, it […]

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Hydrostor Launches Underwater Energy Storage System

Mila Luleva — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 18:10:27 +0000

Toronto-based startup puts a twist on energy storage. Instead of expensive batteries, Hydrostor bets on giant underwater balloons. Technological advances in the field of energy storage have been quite slow, especially compared to what has happened in terms of improving energy generation technologies. Batteries have been accused to slow down the transition from fossil fuels […]

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Huawei Reveals Super-Fast Charging Li-Ion Technology

Mila Luleva — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 12:59:18 +0000

Huawei, one of the world’s leading providers of communication technology solutions, demonstrates super-fast charging batteries. Energy storage has been holding back technological developments- from the simplest of portable gadgets to electric vehicles and renewable energy systems. Groundbreaking discoveries and improvements to the existing technology are long overdue, as numerous scientific and engineering teams have been […]

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Material Makes Natural Gas Storage Cheaper and Simpler

Michelle Lutz — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 15:26:45 +0000

Commercial vehicles have yet to be introduced to ANG technology, simply because the physics involved severely limits the range capable of these vehicles. However, Ford’s nearly 60,000 CNG’s sold since 2009 shows that we have to find a way to work with this technology; people are certainly interested. Finding a way to utilize this technology […]

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Thermochemical Energy Storage and Concentrated Solar Power, the Perfect Match

Mila Luleva — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 14:08:07 +0000

Thermoechemical energy storage is a new approach that could finally breach the gap between concentrated solar power production and the grid. Solar power is on the rise, which is, of course, what we all would love to hear. Technology is advancing, financial support is flowing, but no matter how great everything is, energy storage still remains the […]

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High-Performance, Low Weight Lithium-Air Battery to Power Future EVs

Mila Luleva — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:21:44 +0000

Scientists from University of Cambridge announced a major breakthrough in developing lithium-air batteries, which can lead to much lighter electric vehicles. Lithium ion batteries are without a doubt the most widely spread energy storage technology at the moment. From tiny electronic gadgets, to electric vehicles, everything that needs electrical power, comes with a lithium-ion battery. […]

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50 kWh Bosch EV Battery will Soon Weigh Just 190 Kilograms

Annika Tostengard — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 06:54:23 +0000

German company Bosch’s current goal is to create a 50 kWh battery that weighs only 190 kilograms. Based on recent comments by a company researcher and how much money the company is funneling towards electric car battery research, Bosch is working very hard to achieve their goal. They predict that 15% of all cars sold […]

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Quant F – Flow Cell Sports Car on Display at Geneva Motor Show

Annika Tostengard — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:58:46 +0000

This year at the Geneva Motor Show, an exciting new technological wonder was on display: a sports car that runs off “flow cell” technology. The Quant F, as it’s called, from carmaker Nunzio La Vecchia, gets 746 kW (1,000 hp) of energy and can travel 500 m (805 km). The sports car was actually around […]

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Scientists Make Battery Electrodes from Harmful Algal Blooms

Mila Luleva — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 18:34:48 +0000

US scientists have found a way to convert harmful algal blooms into cheap and efficient electrodes for sodium-ion batteries. Algal blooms are the biggest threat to natural and artificial aquifers. Formed as a result of warm temperatures, and consequently the development of large populations of cyanobacteria, algal blooms are often toxic, very strong, and deadly […]

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Potassium, Key to Cheap Energy Storage?

Mila Luleva — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 14:07:49 +0000

Scientists proved that potassium can serve as a cheap and abundant, highly efficient alternative to lithium in batteries with graphite anode. Lithium ion batteries are currently the core of energy storage. Although alternatives based on sodium and magnesium, have been explored for quite some time, no technology is able to compete just yet. In any normal circumstances […]

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Freevolt Harvests Radio Waves to Charge Your Gadgets

Mila Luleva — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 16:43:30 +0000

Freevolt is a groundbreaking new technology, which harvests energy from radio waves. It provides constant electrical charge to electronic devices absolutely for free. If you are one of those people, who strictly believe in the saying “there is no such thing as free lunch”, you might want to give it another thought. A team of talented […]

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