28 h. ago Tough fuel cell can stabilize power grid by making and storing energy in extreme industrial conditions

To build a modern-day electrical grid with the flexibility and resilience to handle ebbing and flowing energy sources like solar and wind power, West Virginia University engineers have designed and successfully tested a fuel cell that can switch between storing or making electricity and also generate hydrogen from water.

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6 d. ago Redwood Materials launches energy storage business and its first target is AI data centers

Redwood Materials has launched a new business — taking old EV batteries to store energy and help power businesses.

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9 d. ago New storage platform delivers predictable renewable power regardless of weather conditions

Europe's largest vanadium redox flow battery—located at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology—has achieved an important research milestone: In a controlled test, it was possible to successfully demonstrate for the first time how renewable energies such as wind and solar power can be fed into the power grid in a targeted and predictable manner, regardless of current weather conditions.

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1 week ago AI is consuming more power than the grid can handle. Nuclear might be the answer

New partnerships are forming between tech companies and power operators—ones that could reshape decades of misconceptions about nuclear energy.

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1 week ago AI applications are producing cleaner cities, smarter homes and more efficient transit

Artificial intelligence (AI) is quietly transforming how cities generate, store and distribute energy, acting as the invisible conductor that orchestrates cleaner, smarter and more resilient cities.

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2 w. ago Semitransparent organic solar cell uses molecular asymmetry for enhanced stability

A new type of semitransparent organic solar cell (ST-OSC) with an efficiency of more than 10% has been developed, bringing us closer to a future where windows and mobile display screens could function as invisible power sources.

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3 w. ago How your air conditioner can help the power grid, rather than overloading it

As summer arrives, people are turning on air conditioners in most of the U.S. But if you're like me, you always feel a little guilty about that. Past generations managed without air conditioning—do I really need it? And how bad is it to use all this electricity for cooling in a warming world?

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3 w. ago Mitra Chem is raising $50M for its cheaper, domestic battery materials

Mitra Chem is developing materials to make lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries store more energy.

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3 w. ago Coal and Gas Plants Kept Open Under Trump’s Energy Emergency

The grid operators that draw power from the plants said they never asked for them to remain open, and consumers may have to absorb extra costs.

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