How to use gravity to store energy
11:56 | Gravity batteries are a new big hope for storing excess renewable electricity. The idea is ingenious. Does it pass the reality check?
Which will be the engine of the future?
11:06 | Truck manufacturers are under immense pressure to cut emissions. But should they bet on fully electric batteries, hydrogen fuel cells or even both?
Cheap, multi-day grid energy. FINALLY!
11:12 | A US company called FORM Energy is on the cusp of installing its first 10MW / 1 gigawatt hour iron-air energy storage facility.
Have we got enough minerals?
13:05 | Will batteries for hundreds of millions of future electric vehicles rob the planet of all its precious minerals? And what about all the minerals and materials for billions of wind turbines and solar panels?
Energy storage in oxygen
11:46 | A team of researchers in Vienna has shown us how we can reliably move electrons using oxygen as the main source.
Batteries are dirty. Geothermal power can help.
8:00 | In Indonesia, where the majority of nickel for lithium-ion batteries is produced, the production process emits large amounts of carbon and pollution. It doesn’t have to be this way. Indonesia sits along the Ring of Fire, one of the most geologically active regions in the world.
Liquid Metal Batteries are going global in 2022!
10:28 | Liquid metal battery technology has the potential to revolutionise utility scale energy storage, but it’s been a long and difficult road for the creator, Donald Sadoway, and his company, Ambri Inc.
The ‘Sand Battery’ that heats your home, NOT the planet!
11:27 | How do we get ourselves off our dependence on fossil fuels? And if the alternative is intermittent renewables then how are we going to keep our homes constantly warm during the colder months? Perhaps our friends in Scandinavia can provide some answers…
How salt and sand could replace lithium batteries
9:53 | The lithium-ion battery has powered us for decades. But for a renewable future, we need a new solution—and fast. So what are our options?
New 2022 graphene battery launch : 8 minute charge time. 350 mile range!
11:17 | Graphene is about to become a reality in electric vehicle batteries, increasing energy density by 40% or more, and reducing charge times to just a few minutes.
Zinc Bromide GEL batteries. Cheaper, greener, simpler & safer than lithium -ion!
11:59 | The market for energy storage is still dominated by lithium-ion technology. But cheaper, greener and safer alternatives are being developed all the time.
Grid Scale Energy Storage 30x cheaper than Lithium-ion! How do they do that?
14:20 | A team at MIT has combined and improved several existing technologies into a flexible modular solution that could be as much as 30x cheaper than existing lithium-ion technology.
Sodium-ion battery breakthrough. Safer, cheaper and cleaner than Lithium-ion
11:41 | Sodium-ion batteries have been overshadowed by lithium-ion for decades, but there’s a thousand times more sodium in the earth’s crust than there is lithium.
This iron and water battery could power a more renewable grid
7:25 | Sitting in a row outside of the factory, these giant batteries are the size of freight containers. Powered by vats of iron and saltwater, they’re called iron flow batteries.
Have we found the missing link in the energy storage equation?
12:19 | Manganese dioxide flow batteries may offer a very cost effective way of bridging the gap between short duration lithium-ion batteries and longer duration technologies like hydrogen.
Lithium mine pits electric cars against sacred Indigenous land
10:20 | As the United States turns to electric vehicles, solar and wind for its clean energy transition, the demand for lithium – used in rechargeable batteries – is on the rise.
Lithium Sulfur batteries: SOLVED! Two new tech breakthroughs in the same week!
11:35 | Lithium Sulphur (or Sulfur) batteries have been on the ‘hopeful technology’ list for over a decade now. Now, after ten years of waiting, suddenly two different solutions have been announced within a week of each other.
Will deep-sea mining save us from climate change?
9:16 | Billions of unassuming rocks on the seafloor could help humanity save itself from the ravages of climate change.
New Iron-Air Battery outperforms best Lithium Ion tech.
11:27 | Iron Air batteries use cheap, non toxic, abundant materials and potentially have a far higher energy density than Lithium Ion batteries.
Battery Swapping. Transforming the trajectory of electric vehicles?
12:29 | As electric vehicle sales continue to accelerate around the world, battery charging times and operational lifespan are becoming ever more important questions in the minds of potential EV drivers.
Solid State Batteries – Autumn 2021 mass production in Japan. Is it FINALLY happening?
14:10 | Solid state batteries are the long-promised Holy Grail of battery technology. Turns out it’s quite tricky to make them reliable!
Lithium – new gold rush in the Andes
28:26 | High in the Andes mountains, mining companies are gearing up for the massive extraction of lithium – the raw material of the future.
The Race for the Super Battery
46:11 | All over the world, storage technologists and battery pioneers are looking for ways to store renewable energy. From developing fast batteries to storing heat in basalt and salt.
Nano Coated Salt Technology
11:18 | The energy storage sector is becoming a pretty crowded field as more and more companies come up with solutions that will be crucial to dealing with the intermittency of renewable technologies.
Frås: Elbiler med Anders Morgenthaler
Følges klimakamp og menneskerettigheder altid ad? Det spørger vi Anders Morgenthaler om. Og så undersøger vi, hvordan batteriet i hans elbil er produceret.
Liquid Metal Batteries. Are they an economic possibility?
25:54 | Liquid metal batteries are being hailed by some as the most transformative and revolutionary energy storage technology since John B. Goodenough came up with lithium ion batteries several decades ago.
Structural batteries : Shaping the future of energy efficiency
12:11 | Batteries in electric vehicles and electronic devices make up a very large proportion of the overall mass. But what if you didn’t need to bolt the batteries to any part of the bodywork at all?
Organic Redox Flow Batteries – The true path to grid scale energy storage?
10:47 | An all organic Redox Flow battery has been developed by a team of researchers in Sweden. Could this be the system that finally makes global grid scale storage a reality?
Lithium Recycling FINALLY goes global!
13:22 | Lithium recycling wasn’t considered important ten years ago when fewer than 60,000 electric vehicles were sold worldwide. But today…
Liquid Air Batteries. Literally energy from thin air. Seriously. Literally!
13:11 | This design that utilises tried and tested components that have been reimagined and re-engineered to perform a vital function for electricity grids, now and in the future.
How do we solve the Cobalt problem?
17:14 | Cobalt has become an important ingredient in the batteries powering much of today’s technology. Most of it comes from the mines of the DRC in Africa…
The Liquid Batteries That Could Power Entire Cities
14:35 | Redox flow batteries are one of the most promising energy storage solutions because they are powered by charged electrolytes that can be infinitely expanded.
Will green technology kill Chile’s deserts?
11:54 | Indigenous leaders and scientists say Chile’s plans to feed a global green energy boom with Atacama lithium will kill the desert.
New Carbon Dioxide Battery Solutions
11:50 | UIC has proved that a Lithium Carbon Dioxide battery can hold far more energy than a traditional battery. MIT has shown us a system that significantly improves the efficiency of capturing pure CO2 from ambient air streams.
Revolutionary New Lithium Ion Battery Technology – Zero to 200 miles in 5 minutes?
12:25 | A team at Penn State University this week published a paper detailing a revolutionary new system that allows 200 miles of range to be added to a lithium ion EV Battery in just over 8 minutes.
TESLA batteries : Are they the Holy Grail of Climate Change?
12:19 | Huge advances in battery technology now mean that energy can be stored as it’s generated, giving national grid operators an instant solution for smoothing demand and bringing domestic micro-generation to hundreds of millions of people.
How Many Batteries Could Power The World?
9:30 | Denne video fra MinutePhysic’s viser, hvor mange GigaFactory’s der skal bygges, hvis el-biler skal fortrænge olie-biler og der skal leveres batteri-lagring til en Verden med 100% VE.
Solar and battery storage deployment in Germany 2015
5:36 | A report examining solar PV and battery storage deployment in Germany 2016.