Daimler announced in December that it is making major effort on batteries

Before the end of the year, Daimler announced it was going to spend €21 billion (US $23 billion) on batteries and manufacturing facilities as it gears up on electric vehicles. Charles Riley explains in an article on the CNN website. The maker of Mercedes cars is spending $23 billion on batteries The maker of … Continue reading Daimler announced in December that it is making major effort on batteries →

Breakthrough in charging batteries

Researchers have questioned long-held magnetic coupling beliefs to create the first ever device that behaves like a diode for magnetic fields. The work could forever change how we charge batteries. Loukia Papadopoulos explains in an article on the Interesting Engineering website. Energy Efficiency Breakthrough Defies 156-Year-Old Law of Physics Researchers at the University of … Continue reading Breakthrough in charging batteries →

Important advances in energy storage

Ivan Penn writes in the New York Times about the use of zinc batteries for energy storage. Making the batteries rechargeable and lowering their cost are seen as important advances in enabling the electric grid to depend on power from renewable sources. How Zinc Batteries Could Change Energy Storage Over the past six years, … Continue reading Important advances in energy storage →

New development to speed up charging batteries

Our modern lives are increasingly dependent on batteries, whether for our smart phones or our energy systems. Layal Liverpool writes in The Guardian about a new discover that could accelerate adoption of electric cars and solar energy, as well as helping to recharge your smartphone in minutes. Cheap material could radically improve battery charging … Continue reading New development to speed up charging batteries →

The “revolutionary” material graphene used to produce batteries that charge significantly faster than lithium-ion batteries

There is growing excitement about a new battery using graphene that can charge 12-times faster than current lithium-ion batteries. Anthony Cuthbertson explains in an article on The Independent website. Graphene battery charges in just five minutes Billions of pounds have been poured into research of the "revolutionary" material graphene, though few real-world applications have so … Continue reading The “revolutionary” material graphene used to produce batteries that charge significantly faster than lithium-ion batteries →

Role of batteries in the energy transition

The opening sentence of this article by John Campion, writing on The Hill website, is quite revealing: “It is an exciting time to be involved in energy innovation.” And it is. You should enjoy this article on the energy transition and the exciting times we live in. Battery technology will define the future of … Continue reading Role of batteries in the energy transition →

A vast grid of homes combining to create first virtual power plant

As we well know, Tesla is doing more than firing its cars towards Mars. Thomas Tamblyn writes in the Huffington Post about plans in Australia to create a virtual power plant. Participating homes in South Australia will get free solar panels and a Tesla battery. Australia And Tesla Are Building The First 'Virtual Power … Continue reading A vast grid of homes combining to create first virtual power plant →

Good news from Australia about energy storage developments

We read about Tesla’s efforts to build a large energy storage system in Australia. Now it has come to fruition and Brian Fung writes in the Washington Post that the results are promising. Tesla’s enormous battery in Australia, just weeks old, is already responding to outages in ‘record’ time Less than a month after … Continue reading Good news from Australia about energy storage developments →

The energy storage revolution is underway

It is encouraging to see the progress that is being made in energy storage. Don Pittis writes on the CBC website about recent developments in Canada. The wait is over. The battery revolution is here On an industrial site in Toronto's Port Lands, not far from Google's planned new urban experiment, are two warehouse-sized … Continue reading The energy storage revolution is underway →

“Solving problems rather than creating something new . . .”

You should enjoy this article by Brentin Mock on the citylab.com website. He raises an important question whether Tesla is making progress or whether it is simply solving problems. I leave it to EID readers to react to this. It makes for good summer reading. Is Tesla Really Making Progress? The answer lies in … Continue reading “Solving problems rather than creating something new . . .” →