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Engineers develop additive for affordable renewable energy storage
Nov 25, 2024 (SPX)
"Bromide-based aqueous flow batteries are a promising solution, but there are many messy electrochemical problems with them. That's why there's no real successf...
South Korea completes ITER vacuum vessel sector delivery
Nov 25, 2024 (SPX)
The ITER vacuum vessel, weighing 5,000 tons and comprising nine sectors and 44 ports, is designed to contain the ultra-high-temperature plasma required for fusi...
A nonflammable battery to power a safer, decarbonized future
Nov 22, 2024 (SPX)
A key drawback is their flammability and toxicity, which make large-scale lithium-ion energy storage a bad fit in densely populated city centers and near metal ...
Quantum-inspired design boosts efficiency of heat-to-electricity conversion
Nov 22, 2024 (SPX)
The research could inform the development of thermal-energy electrical storage, which holds promise as an affordable, grid-scale alternative to batteries. More ...
Rochester Lab and Sydor Technologies secure DOE grant for fusion advancements
Nov 21, 2024 (SPX)
This collaboration between LLE and Sydor Technologies centers on commercializing mid-scale plasma-electrode Pockels cell (mPEPC) technology. This innovative ele...
Charge your phone with body movement
Nov 21, 2024 (SPX)
The research team, led by Dr. Asif Khan, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has created a compact, wearable generat...
Spinning fusion fuel for efficiency
Nov 20, 2024 (SPX)
The proposed approach would still use deuterium and tritium, which are generally accepted as the most promising pair of fuels for fusion energy production. Howe...
RTX's Raytheon secures U.S. Army contract for wireless power beaming
Nov 16, 2024 (SPX)
This project aligns with the Department of Defense's Operational Energy Strategy. Under this contract, Raytheon's Advanced Technology division will develop cutt...
Tackling the energy revolution, one sector at a time
Nov 12, 2024 (SPX)
A new study by MIT researchers, presented at the recent American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2024 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and...
NASA opens Power Systems essay contest for K12 students
Nov 08, 2024 (SPX)
The contest calls on students to imagine a unique nuclear-powered mission to a chosen moon destination, with entries due by January 31, 2025. Radioisotope power...
In search of high-performance materials for fusion reactors
Nov 06, 2024 (SPX)
A research team in Nicola Marzari's MARVEL laboratory at EPFL has turned to theory and computational methods to address this question. Their recent study, publi...
Texas A&M to train machine learning tools to design materials for fusion power plants
Nov 05, 2024 (SPX)
An integral part of a fusion power plant is its first wall, or the interior surface that faces the plasma during energy production. The strength and longevity o...
Direct Observation of Space Charge Layers Inside Fuel Cell Electrolytes
Nov 04, 2024 (SPX)
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) have gained attention for their potential to provide clean energy, due to their high efficiency and low carbon emissions. These f...
Silk Thread Innovation Powers Smart Textile Technology
Nov 04, 2024 (SPX)
Thermoelectric textiles can convert the temperature difference between the human body and the surrounding air into electrical energy, which can be used to power...
Exploring the cost and feasibility of battery-electric ships
Oct 31, 2024 (SPX)
Shipping represents 3% of total US greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, making it an important target for decarbonization. But electrifying ships is mo...
EU's extra tariffs of up to 35.3% on Chinese EVs angers Beijing
Oct 30, 2024 (AFP)
The extra taxes have been controversial, with strong opposition from Germany and Hungary amid fears of provoking China's ire and setting off a bitter trade war....
Big increase of zinc battery lifespan could boost energy storage
Oct 29, 2024 (SPX)
Central to this advancement is a specialized protective layer applied to the zinc anodes of these batteries. The layer effectively combats common issues, such a...
Fusion energy could play a major role in the global response to climate change
Oct 25, 2024 (SPX)
Working together for a year-and-a-half, investigators in the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) have been collabo...
Huge US lithium mine gets govt approval
Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)
Operations at Rhyolite Ridge will produce enough lithium to supply the batteries for more than 370,000 electric vehicles every year, Australian operator Ioneer ...
Eramet suspends battery recycling project in France
Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)
Batteries for electric cars are packed with costly critical minerals and recycling these to lower costs and make them more sustainable is a key challenge. Erame...
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