Tag: Energy storage
Raw materials, or sacred beings? Lithium extraction puts two worldviews into tension
Mario Orospe Hernández, Arizona State University
Located in the heart of South America, Bolivia contains the largest lithium deposits...
These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of...
Kerry Rippy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
In recent decades the cost of wind and solar power generation has dropped...
Designing batteries for easier recycling could avert a looming e-waste crisis
Zheng Chen, University of California San Diego and Darren H. S. Tan, University of California San Diego
As concern mounts over the impacts of climate...
Clever chemistry turns ordinary bricks into electricity storage devices
Julio M. D'Arcy, Washington University in St Louis
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
In my synthetic chemistry lab,...
Utilities are starting to invest in big batteries instead of building...
Jeremiah Johnson, North Carolina State University and Joseph F. DeCarolis, North Carolina State University
Due to their decreasing costs, lithium-ion batteries now dominate a range...
How energy storage is starting to rewire the electricity industry
Eric Hittinger, Rochester Institute of Technology and Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology
The market for energy storage on the power grid is growing at...
Why solar ‘microgrids’ are not a cure-all for Puerto Rico’s power...
Peter Fox-Penner, Boston University
In addition to its many other devastating human consequences, Hurricane Maria left the island of Puerto Rico with its power grid...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
