Energy transition
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This portable charger turns electric cars into a battery on the go
Bidirectional charging could convert electric cars into mobile energy storage devices in the future. With the appropriate technology, they could…
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Old oil wells as batteries: Borehole batteries are intended to store energy
Electricity peaks in renewable energies pose challenges for the power grids. A new approach now uses decommissioned oil and gas…
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Solar systems almost completely fail in extreme heat
Climate change is increasingly threatening Europe’s electricity supply as extreme summer temperatures put a strain on sustainable infrastructure. A new…
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CO2 battery stores electricity three times longer than lithium batteries
As part of the energy transition, many countries are increasingly looking for cheap and efficient ways to store energy. Australia…
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China is putting gravity storage into operation
Electricity from wind and solar is cheap, but not always available. A system is now coming online in China that…
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Researchers unveil algae batteries that have been generating electricity for 6 years
Lithium batteries are everywhere. However, their degradation causes massive damage to the environment. A team of researchers at the University…
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Politics in the cliché trap – when AI even sounds better
BREAK/THE WEEK is your weekly tech talk from BASIC thinking that takes you behind the scenes of the tech world.…
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Attacks on solar systems due to inverter security gap
The boom in balcony power plants and solar systems provides green energy in your own front yard. But a current…
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German researchers are working on stability
Perovskite solar cells are considered a cheap alternative to silicon cells. But how long do they really last? Previous laboratory…
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The Netherlands is planning Europe’s largest iron-air energy storage facility
The Dutch energy supplier Budget Thuis plans to build an iron-air energy storage system with a capacity of one gigawatt…
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