Energy & Green Tech
The "white gold" of clean energy, lithium is a key ingredient in batteries large and small, from those powering phones and laptops to grid-scale energy storage systems.
Jul 29, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in Australia, the U.S. and China has found that a perfluoropolyether-based electrolyte can be used to make stable sodium metal batteries. They have published their ...
Energy & Green Tech
New European Union regulations on batteries could offer a huge boost to the global decarbonisation mission—but only if it leverages its political and economic weight to ensure a fairer global marketplace.
Jul 22, 2021
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Business
An electricity market analysis found adding battery storage to enhance grid reliability caused power generation markets to favor coal over natural gas.
Apr 11, 2024
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Automotive
With U.S. electric vehicle sales starting to slow, Ford Motor Co. says it will delay rolling out new electric pickup trucks and a new large electric SUV as it adds gas-electric hybrids to its model lineup.
Apr 4, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
As the electric vehicle market continues to surge, the assessment of used batteries has become increasingly crucial. A team of researchers, led by Professor Donghyuk Kim and Professor Yunseok Choi in the School of Energy ...
Nov 9, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
In today's electronic age, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous. Compared with the lead-acid versions that have dominated the battery market for decades, lithium-ion batteries can charge faster and store more ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Costa Rica, a country where open pit mining is banned, has become a leader in the extraction of heavy metals such as lithium—not from the Earth, but old batteries.
Mar 13, 2023
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Business
Research and development (R&D) has been vital to developing new clean energy technologies. Yet for technologies to advance from the research lab to viable commercial products many obstacles must be overcome. To replicate ...
Dec 7, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Top energy, tech, and climate researchers at ETH Zurich have engaged in an informed debate over the European regulation that sets an upper carbon footprint limit for European markets.
Sep 22, 2022
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