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Researchers at MIT continue to look for ways to turn concrete into a perfect energy storage option. The researchers first shared their findings in 2023, suggesting that concrete could be used to store ...

The systems, which can store clean energy as heat, were chosen by readers as the 11th Breakthrough Technology of 2024. We need heat to make everything from steel bars to ketchup packets. Today, a ...

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 ...

Scientists create a biohybrid by combining E. coli with a metal-organic framework, enabling charge storage through microbial electron transfer. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Harnessing biological systems for ...

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Maria Skyllas-Kazacos works for UNSW Sydney and consults for/owns shares in mineral company Tivan. She receives funding from various government funded projects including the Trailblazer for Recycling ...

Context matters for enterprises, especially if it changes dramatically, and this is what is happening in Nepal’s hydropower sector. It is primarily about economics. The price of electricity generated ...

Fourth Power’s take on long-duration energy storage sounds like something out of a James Bond film. The thermal batteries come complete with superheated liquid tin and argon-filled hermetically sealed ...