Want a better battery? Hold your breath
Recent research reveals a previously underestimated role for oxygen in limiting the performance of lithium-ion batteries.
NREL adds solar-plus-storage category to its 2021 energy cost dataset
The laboratory’s Annual Technology Baseline is a set of data, tools, and presentations that analyze technology costs across energy sectors.
Factorial achieves capacity retention milestone for its solid-state technology
The first startup to reach the 40 Amp-hour benchmark for a solid-state cell has now achieved a breakthrough capacity retention rate of 97.3% after 675 cycles.
Solar module cooling techniques for the desert
Researchers tested solar panel cooling technologies and found that active techniques work better than passive ones under harsh climatic conditions.
New battery chemistry tweak could double electric vehicle range
Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a revolutionary lithium-metal battery chemistry that they believe will allow EV batteries to almost double capacity, while also overcoming historic setbacks.
Sunrise brief: New York power plant will swap renewable hydrogen for natural gas
Also on the rise: SoCalEdison launches a $436 million EV charge program; Ohio adds a hurdle for renewable project developers; and Cummins begins testing a hydrogen-fueled ICE.
By addressing heat, this serial inventor just may change the entire solar value chain
Kent Kernahan set out to take the heat out of solar cells. He and his partners may end up bringing solar manufacturing jobs to disadvantaged communities and making low-cost rooftop solar widely available.
Siemens and Malta team up to develop scalable energy storage technology
The two will design turbomachinery components to support long-duration energy storage systems that could scale over time to the gigawatt range.
Improving solar cells by tackling noise
Researchers used noise measuring devices to identify physical processes within solar cells that cause energy loss and lower efficiency.
New Jersey is set to pass two key pieces of solar legislation
S2605 establishes a successor to the state’s solar renewable energy certificate program, incentivizing the development of at least 3,750 MW of solar, while S3484 would establish a dual-use solar project pilot program for unpreserved farmland.
