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Big increase of zinc battery lifespan could boost energy storage

Oct 29, 2024 (SPX)

Central to this advancement is a specialized protective layer applied to the zinc anodes of these batteries. The layer effectively combats common issues, such a...

Fusion energy could play a major role in the global response to climate change

Oct 25, 2024 (SPX)

Working together for a year-and-a-half, investigators in the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) have been collabo...

Huge US lithium mine gets govt approval

Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)

Operations at Rhyolite Ridge will produce enough lithium to supply the batteries for more than 370,000 electric vehicles every year, Australian operator Ioneer ...

Eramet suspends battery recycling project in France

Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)

Batteries for electric cars are packed with costly critical minerals and recycling these to lower costs and make them more sustainable is a key challenge. Erame...

Mercedes opens electric car battery recycling plant

Oct 21, 2024 (AFP)

The plant, in the southwestern town of Kuppenheim, will have an annual capacity to recycle 2,500 tonnes of material which will feed into producing some 50,000 b...

Chinese EV battery giant CATL reports jump in profits

Oct 18, 2024 (AFP)

Founded in 2011 in the eastern coastal Chinese city of Ningde, CATL produces more than a third of the EV batteries sold worldwide. They are used in models from ...

Efficient Nanobubble Production Method Explored by UCalgary Researchers

Oct 17, 2024 (SPX)

Nanobubbles are distinguished by their ability to persist in water for extended periods due to their small size. They possess a high surface area relative to th...

Seeking new energy solutions from the sea in wave power biofuel and beyond

Oct 16, 2024 (SPX)

Flinders University scientists have recently unveiled results from three distinct studies. The studies explore efficient ocean wave power capture, sustainable m...

Lab data confirm potential of geothermal's holy grail: superdeep, superhot rock as important renewable energy source

Oct 11, 2024 (SPX)

Such fractures are important because water passing through them can become supercritical, a steam-like phase that most people aren't familiar with. (Familiar ph...

Department of Energy awards $49M to advance foundational fusion research

Oct 11, 2024 (SPX)

Jean Paul Allain, DOE Associate Director of Science for Fusion Energy Sciences, emphasized the importance of these initiatives, stating, "The Fusion Nuclear Sci...

Stopping off-the-wall behavior in fusion reactors

Oct 08, 2024 (SPX)

Now, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have experimental results suggesting that sprinkling boron powder...

Fusion project with Russia faces 'rough sea': chief

Oct 07, 2024 (AFP)

"If you are running a marathon, you have to keep going. You can maybe slow down a little bit," Pietro Barabaschi, director-general of the International Thermonu...

A high-energy-density Mars battery designed for long-term missions

Sep 30, 2024 (SPX)

This innovative battery system minimizes weight, making it ideal for space missions. Once discharged, the battery can be recharged using solar energy collected ...

Philippines' Marcos opens first EV battery plant

Sep 30, 2024 (AFP)

The Australian-owned lithium-iron-phosphate factory aims to produce two gigawatt-hours of batteries per year by 2030, powering about 18,000 electric vehicles or...

Fire breaks out at Chinese battery giant CATL plant

Sep 29, 2024 (AFP)

A CATL spokesperson said no injuries or casualties had occurred at the plant in the coastal city of Ningde, and that "the reasons behind this accident are still...

ManchesterU launches M4 wave energy converter in Australia

Sep 27, 2024 (SPX)

Led by Professor Christophe Gaudin and Dr. Hugh Wolgamot, with coordination by Dr. Wiebke Eberling from the University of Western Australia, the Albany M4 proje...

New organic thermoelectric device generates energy at room temperature

Sep 20, 2024 (SPX)

Thermoelectric devices, often used to convert waste heat into electricity, have been primarily deployed in applications such as space probes. These systems rely...

Harnessing the ocean's potential for clean energy development

Sep 19, 2024 (SPX)

"There's a lot of energy in the ocean - it's abundant and renewable," said Martin Wosnik, professor of mechanical and ocean engineering at UNH and AMEC director...

Folded or cut, this lithium-sulfur battery keeps powering devices

Sep 19, 2024 (SPX)

Sulfur has been suggested as a material for lithium-ion batteries because of its low cost and potential to hold more energy than lithium-metal oxides and other ...

Second life of lithium-ion batteries may propel future space missions

Sep 19, 2024 (SPX)

The research focused on carbon materials extracted from the electrodes of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). The team employed an acidic leaching process to re...