Form Energy and its iron batteries
Form’s 100-hour batteries could make clean energy more weather-resilient and help power data centers.
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Graphite Electrodes: The Six-Month Carbon Behind Electric Steel and Lithium Batteries
Electric furnaces make 30% of the world's steel, 46% of the EU's and 71% of the US's, every tonne burns through a graphite column that takes half a year to produce, and battery anodes are made from the same coke in the same furnaces.
Form Energy raises $750M to build more 100-hour batteries for the grid
Form Energy has landed Google and Crusoe as customers. Now, it has raised $750 million to expand manufacturing to deliver its massive, 100-hour batteries.
A Chinese scientist built a sodium battery that charges in 4 minutes. It could break China’s 75% lithium dependence.
Lu Yaxiang, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Physics, has spent a decade making sodium-ion batteries commercially viable. In April, he received China’s Youth May Fourth Medal, the country’s top honour for outstanding achievers under 35, for developing…
Maersk launches dedicated lithium-ion battery freight service in North America
The new ground transportation offering expands the company’s hazardous materials network as battery production and demand continue to grow.
Donut Lab Claims Looking Like Fraud - NeuroLogica Blog
In medical education we have a concept called longitudinal care - interns and residents need to follow a case through to its conclusion, or at least long term, so that can learn the entire process. This is why on-call work hours used to be so horrifically long (up to 36 hours)…
Batteries Charge To The Edge
Chemistry is becoming the determining factor across many markets as focus shifts to power.
Mangrove Lithium Cuts Waste in Battery Production
A new lithium refining method uses electrochemistry to cut waste and energy use, easing a key bottleneck for electric vehicles.
New battery idea gets lots of power out of unusual sulfur chemistry
Rather than being used as a storage material, the sulfur gives up electrons.
sulfur is a great storage material for lithium
Chinese researchers has managed to turn sulfur’s complex chemistry into a strength, making it the primary electron donor in a sodium-sulfur battery that also relies on chlorine for its chemistry.
Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99% | Electrek
A major link in Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain has just snapped. South Korean battery material supplier L&F Co. announced...
Sodium Batteries Are Coming
Batteries are an increasingly important technology to our civilization. If I could wave a magic wand and make one specific non-medical technology advance 10-20 years in a day, it would be battery technology. Batteries are used in our everyday devices, like phones and laptops…
Lithium is the best salt for battery chemistry because Li is the lightest salt on the periodic table (3 protons). Nothing can ever beat it for theoretical best specific energy (energy storage per mass). Sodium (Na) is right below it at 11 protons, so it’s an obvious choice for a possible Li…
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The beauty of batteries
Keeping the grid stable requires overbuilding generation, driving up costs. Batteries fix that.
Depleted Uranium Batteries
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency reported earlier this year that is has developed and tested a battery with depleted uranium as the active material of the negative electrode. Why would they do this, and what role could such a battery play? First let's look at the details (which…
How Batteries Are Making the Electrical Grid More Reliable
To operate reliably, the US electrical grid needs to balance supply and demand: to make sure, at any given moment, that the amount of electricity demanded by homes, businesses, and factories is equal to the amount being supplied by nuclear reactors, gas turbines, and other types…
We’ve unlocked a holy grail in clean energy. It’s only the beginning.
Do we have batteries that are advanced enough to store renewable energy? Yes, yes we do.
Where EV batteries go to die – and be reborn
Batteries for electric vehicles are notoriously difficult to recycle, but growing demand for the rare metals they contain is leading to innovative new ways of retrieving them.
How a Chinese battery factory sparked a political meltdown in a small Michigan town
Gotion wanted to expand its battery production in Michigan, but local backlash, political tensions, and fears over its Chinese ties have stalled its U.S. expansion plans.
A Pinch of Salt Boosts Aluminum Batteries
This sustainable, solid-state electrolyte design outlives lithium-ion batteries
You’re charging your phone wrong. It’s not your fault.
Lithium-ion battery technology is imperfect, but it’s not going anywhere.
China’s EVs Are Smart, Green, and Cheap — Until They Aren’t
For millions of Chinese EV owners, early promises of affordability, convenience, and cutting-edge tech are now tested by aging batteries, replacement costs, and warranties.
Understanding How Electric Vehicles Convert Battery Power Into Propulsion
How IGBT and SiC based traction inverters use power from the lithium ion battery pack to drive the motors using sinusoidal pulse width modulation.
Generation 2 4680 Tested // Results & Analysis
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How We Got the Lithium-Ion Battery
It took decades of research, performed around the world, before a practical lithium-ion battery was possible.
World’s Largest Battery Maker Says Elon Musk ‘Doesn’t Know How To Make Batteries’
The 4680 battery was supposed to make EVs cheaper and better, but so far has proven to be more problematic than promising.
Aa former West Virginia steel mill is now home to a cutting-edge battery plant - Fast Company
Form Energy uses iron-air technology to store energy far longer than a lithium-ion battery can.
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The Secret, Magical Life Of Lithium
One of the oldest, scarcest elements in the universe has given us treatments for mental illness, ovenproof casserole dishes and electric cars. But how much do we really know about lithium?
Massive Expansion Of North American Battery Manufacturing Capacity Ahead
It should be enough to build at least 12 million all-electric vehicles annually.
TDK claims insane energy density in solid state battery breakthrough
Apple supplier says new tech has 100 times the capacity of its current batteries.
The batteries made from cement
Concrete is perhaps the most commonly used building material in the world. With a bit of tweaking, it could help to power our homes too.
EV batteries could last much longer thanks to new capacitor with 19-times h
Electric cars and laptop batteries could charge up much faster and last longer thanks to a new structure that can be used to make much better capacitors in the future.
Battery Arbitrage
Solar is powering a large share of California’s energy needs during the day and batteries are now powering a significant share at night. NYTimes: Since 2020, California has installed more giant batteries than anywhere in the world apart from China. They can soak up excess solar…
Giant 'sand battery' holds a week's heat for a whole town
A new industrial-scale 'sand battery' has been announced for Finland, which packs 1 MW of power and a capacity of up to 100 MWh of thermal energy for use during those cold polar winters. The new battery will be about 10 times bigger than a pilot plant that’s been running since…
The most powerful MagSafe Battery Pack gives your iPhone an impressive 10,0
https://youtu.be/ayZrrlo6M5w It's a good thing Apple discontinued its MagSafe Battery Pack, because frankly, it sucked. With an abysmal 1,460mAh capacity, it's really no match for the one from TORRAS. Armed with a whopping 10,000mAh internal battery that can wirelessly charge at…
Scottish startup to turn Finnish mine into giant gravity battery
The fledgling company is set to transform one of Europe's deepest mines into an energy storage system powered by gravity.
Turning abandoned mines into batteries | IIASA
A novel technique called Underground Gravity Energy Storage turns decommissioned mines into long-term energy storage solutions, thereby supporting the sustainable energy transition.
America Just Hit the Lithium Jackpot
The world’s largest known deposit was just discovered in Nevada. What does that mean?
Startup Building Zinc-Based Alternatives to Lithium Batteries Granted $400M
The underbelly of electric vehicles
Mining and processing the minerals needed to meet the growing demand for EVs can be costly for workers, local communities and the environment.
Why Copper and Nickel Are the Key Metals for Energy Utopia
GPL-2400T AGM Starting Battery - Lifeline Batteries
Motor Starting Marine/RV Battery The GPL-2400T is a high performance, Mil-Spec, AGM battery, produced in the United States. Due to the Lifeline Battery's quality construction, it has an industry leading 2% per month self discharge rate at 77°F (25°C), compared to 10%+ for…
How Long Do AGM Batteries Last? - Lifeline Batteries
Learn more about the expected lifepsan of AGM batteries from Lifeline Batteries.
These batteries ditch the lithium for something much cheaper: iron
Iron air batteries rust and "derust" iron to store power.
We ranked 3 types of EV batteries to find the most efficient and sustainabl
Are lithium-ion batteries here to stay? Let's compare them with sodium-ion and solid-state batteries.
Why battery costs have plunged 89 percent since 2010
A 600-fold increase in battery production made batteries much cheaper.
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The complete guide to the battery revolution
Whoever comes up with the next big battery technology could become the ExxonMobil or Shell of the 21st century.