The cities of the future may take the charge in progress for a very unexpected reason — with skylines doubling as massive energy storage units. And the idea? Not solar panels and wind turbines — think ...

These low-tech systems offer cheap, long-duration storage with minimal degradation, using abundant materials and basic physics rather than complex chemistry.

An aerial photo is showing the largest energy storage 400MW project in Shandong province in Zaozhuang City, China, on March 10, 2024. The ultra-long life battery being used in this project employs ...

Imagine a house that doesn't just shelter you but also stores electricity. It may sound like science fiction, but it's now closer to reality than ever before. A research team at Aarhus University has ...

The Kraftblock team at the site of one of their firm's thermal batteries, installed at a ceramics plant. The battery is the white container connected to the building via the chrome pipes. About half ...

When the Sun is blazing and the wind is blowing, Germany’s solar and wind power plants swing into high gear. For nine days in July 2023, renewables produced more than 70 percent of the electricity ...

Concrete is everywhere. It's the second most used material in the world after water, and can be found in buildings and infrastructure in every corner of the globe. Scientists at Aarhus University in ...

We're currently a lot better at producing clean energy than storing it to use later. That poses a challenge in regions that have long stretches with low wind and sunlight, stressing power grids fed by ...

Battery storage facilities, seen by many as a key component in shoring up the state's fragile electricity grid, have taken fitful steps to gain a foothold in some Houston area cities. After months of ...