Gravel Energy Storage System Funded by Bill Gates
The inventor, Aaron Fyke, says his gravel-energy storage system is more efficient and 40% cheaper than pumped hydro, and can be installed virtually anywhere...
LightScribe-Etched Graphene DVDs Making Supercapacitors Better Than Batteries
I never found a true application to those LightScribe-enabled DVD writers, and although I have one in my laptop, I don't remember using it...
Potato Battery Developed in Saudi Arabia Outperforms 1.5V Cell
As an alternative source of fuel, in a year's time it will be possible to use potatoes to power your car's battery! Maybe you're...
NEC Unveils Ultra-Thin 0.3 mm Organic Radical Battery
One challenge organic radical batteries have faced is to be under 0.7mm thin, so they could fit into credit cards, electronic paper devices and...
New Zinc-Air Battery Gets Charged by Swapping Its Electrolyte in Under 3 Minutes
In a time when people are trying to find a reason to buy an electric car, because of the time it takes to charge,...
New Grid-Ready Aqueous Lithium Ion Battery to Be Developed in German University
Although they're being touted as the perfect energy storage medium for electric cars, lithium ion batteries, in the form they exist today, are not...
NiMH Batteries Could Become Stationary Batteries With Toyota’s Help
Have you ever wondered whatever happens to the batteries from hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs)? Do they get recycled or are they just thrown away?...
Tesla Motors CEO Foresees EV Battery Prices Will Soon Drop Under $200 per Kilowatt
Electric car batteries are going to get cheaper, or at least that's what Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, said in a conference call...
Lola-Drayson: The LeMans Electric Race Car With In-Frame Battery
Wait till you hear this one, because we're pretty sure it's not something you hear every day: a car relying on its own frame...
Specially Designed LiFePO4 Batteries Aiming To Reduce Solar Power Cost
Solar power plants need to store the energy they produce, and this is one of the challenges the alternative energy sector faces nowadays. A...
