Nobel-winning lithium battery inventor John Goodenough dies at 100
Washington (AFP) June 27, 2023
John Goodenough, who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the lithium-ion battery that revolutionized modern life, has died at the age of 100, the University of Texas announced. … more
Ford-backed electric battery venture approved for $9.2bn US loan
New York (AFP) June 22, 2023
A Ford joint venture to build three new electric vehicle battery plants is set to receive up to $9.2 billion in US federal loans under a program backed by President Joe Biden, officials announced Thursday. … more
How tidal range electricity generation could meet future demand and storage problems
Lancaster UK (SPX) Jun 22, 2023
Tidal range schemes are financially viable and could lower energy bills say researchers. Research by Lancaster University’s School of Engineering and the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology combined … more
UK Nuclear Fusion company announces space rocket US Partnership
London, UK (SPX) Jun 18, 2023
The UK-based company Pulsar Fusion, specializing in nuclear fusion, has announced a collaboration with the US firm, Princeton Satellite Systems. The collaboration will employ artificial intelligence … more
Lithium boom comes to Brazil’s ‘misery valley’
Aracuai, Brazil (AFP) June 15, 2023
In a cloud of gray dust, a heavy-duty excavator loads a truck with stone blocks containing lithium, the “white gold” of the clean-energy revolution, which some hope will transform this parched, impoverished region of Brazil. … more
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2023
The U.S. electric grid faces simultaneous, evolving pressures. Demand for power from the grid is increasing as people adopt electric cars and building energy is transitioned from gas to electricity. At the same time, climate change is driving more extreme weather. Events like the 2020 heat wave that led to rolling blackouts in California are relatively infrequent, but they are happening more often – and utilities need to be ready for them.
New research points to a flexible, cost-effective option f … read more
A novel, completely solid, rechargeable air battery
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 12, 2023
Japanese scientists have developed a unique, entirely solid, rechargeable air battery, according to a recent study published in the Angewandte Chemie International Edition on May 2, 2023. This novel … more