Plus: Trump's China AI chips U-turn hasn't gone down well with Democrats This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of ...
A global race is underway to find long-term energy storage solutions, with venture capital investing heavily in new technologies beyond the current lithium-ion battery dominance. Researchers at the ...
Concrete is everywhere. It's the second most used material in the world after water, and can be found in buildings and infrastructure in every corner of the globe. Scientists at Aarhus University in ...
The amount of renewable energy produced around the world is increasingly exceeding demand—particularly from wind and solar ...
Solar panels and wind turbines give the world bountiful energy—but come with a conundrum. When it’s sunny and windy out, these renewables can produce more electricity than is actually needed at the ...
Solar panels and wind turbines give the world bountiful energy — but come with a conundrum. When it’s sunny and windy out, in many places these renewables produce more electricity than is actually ...
As the world looks to incorporate more renewables into energy grids, centuries-old systems that can balance supply and demand ...
In an effort to reduce the use of precious land to build renewable energy storage facilities, the Fraunhofer Institute has been cooking up a wild but plausible idea: dropping concrete storage spheres ...
Solar panels and wind turbines give the world bountiful energy—but come with a conundrum. When it’s sunny and windy out, in many places these renewables produce more electricity than is actually ...
Duke Energy DUK is increasingly leveraging energy storage technologies as a core part of its grid modernization strategy. By storing power during low-demand periods and deploying it during peak times, ...
When Manuele Aufiero was a child, his parents would take him hiking along a reservoir in northern Italy. It wasn’t a typical reservoir, though. This one drained and refilled constantly, with pumps ...
A new material called multiscale reduced graphene oxide could mean faster charging and power delivery than traditional batteries allow.