Mexico to Build 1 GW Clean-Energy Storage Facility
At Mexicali, Baja California, a green energy storage facility with a capacity of 1000 MW is being built by Rubenius, a Dubai-based alternate energy and smart grid solutions provider. The project is planned to become operational in about six years or so and needs an investment of $4 billion.
New York to Have 20 MW Energy Storage System Using Li-ion Batteries
The energy storage system will use advanced lithium-ion batteries and will prevent pollution by reducing carbon emissions and focusing on renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power.
Maine to Store Off-Peak Wind Power by Heating Ceramic Bricks for Home Heating
Winter is surely here, and heating the homes is something most of the people pay for, at least in moderate climate countries. The example of how a Maine company implemented a scheme for heating homes with the electricity generated during the night should spark interest for companies interested in both the profits and the green kudos.
Tesla Motors Official Discloses Interesting Information About Their EV Battery
In an interview given to TechOn!, Kurt Kelty, Director of battery technologies at Tesla Motors, explained a few historic facts which led to the Roadster's success. One of them was the adoption of laptop lithium ion batteries, and building a safe and robust energy storage out of them.
Honda's Electric cars to Use Toshiba Lithium-Ion Batteries
Honda Motor Co. will use lithium-ion batteries developed by Toshiba in a test version of its electric car, having plans to supply this type of batteries for electric scooters.
Rice Solar Energy Project Uses Molten Salts To Store Californian Sunlight For Use At...
A new and revolutionary solar power project has been recently approved by the state of California. SolarReserve is the company behind the Rice Solar Energy Project, which will store heat from thermal collectors in molten salt beneath the surface.
Coating Nanowires With Plexiglas Could Yield Better And Safer Batteries
A team of researchers from Rice University have taken lithium ion batteries to their next step of evolution. Their aim to develop three-dimensional batteries is now closer to reality by the implementation of a PMMA polymer (aka plexiglas) encasing the arrays of nickel-tin nanowires than make up the anode.
World's Smallest Single Nanowire Battery Filmed by Sandia Researcher, Reveals Previously Unknown Information
This image may not seem like much, but it's actually the world's smallest battery, consisting of a single tin oxide (SnO2) nanowire and that has been developed and visualized under a transmission electron microscope (TEM) by Sandia National Laboratories' Jianyu Huang.
Lithium Ion Batteries May Reduce Electric Car Prices Considerably
The lithium-ion batteries for electric cars are now being tested by several giant automakers such as Toyota, Daimler or Bayerische Motoren Werke. The batteries, assembled by Silicon Valley startup Tesla Motors, cost less than the larger traditional ones developed exclusively for cars.
New Crumpled Graphene Electrodes Making Ultracapacitors Compete With Batteries
Crumpled sheets of graphene (one-atom-thick carbon) could one day offer a solution for storing energy in your electric car. A Dayton, Ohio-based company, Nanotek Instruments, has recently revealed their vision about making ultracapacitors, for the moment only used in hybrid buses, suited for electric cars and how to replace the classic batteries.
