Greig Cameron writes on the Times website about a demonstration project in Scotland that will use gravity-powered batteries. What are your views on this technology? Gravity-powered batteries generate electricity when the wind dies down A company aiming to use old mine shafts as batteries to store renewable energy is to build a demonstration project … Continue reading A company aiming to use old mine shafts as batteries to store renewable energy is to build a demonstration project showcasing its technology in Scotland
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Solar PV and onshore wind now considered cheapest technologies in areas that count for 2/3 of the world’s population
The cost improvements in renewable energy technologies in recent years is staggering and now the cheapest energy options in most of the world according to new research. Giles Parkinson explains in an article on the Renew Economy website. Solar, wind and battery storage now cheapest energy options just about everywhere Further cost reductions in … Continue reading Solar PV and onshore wind now considered cheapest technologies in areas that count for 2/3 of the world’s population
The flow battery is staking a claim in the renewable energy world of the future
Flow batteries have longer lives than lithium-ion batteries and show great promise. The problem so far is that they rely on the costly material vanadium. Irina Slav writes on the OilPrice website that there are new developments that use cheap, sustainable materials. She explains that new developments are needed because the world will be needing … Continue reading The flow battery is staking a claim in the renewable energy world of the future
Pumped thermal electricity storage is expected to be competitive with other storage technologies
One promising storage option is pumped thermal electricity storage. This relatively new technology has been around for about ten years, and is currently being tested in pilot plants. Antoine Koen, PhD Candidate in Pumped Thermal Energy Storage and Pau Farres Antunez, Postdoctoral researcher in Energy Storage, University of Cambridge write about recent developments in an … Continue reading Pumped thermal electricity storage is expected to be competitive with other storage technologies
The world is on a path to warm around 3C above pre-industrial levels by 2100 under policies and commitments currently in place
The Madrid climate conference is over but the analysis and the arguments for where we are going and where we need to be going. Zeke Hausfather, Director of Climate and Energy at Breakthrough, provides a very detailed article about what he feels should be the new business as usual scenario to 2100. He argues that … Continue reading The world is on a path to warm around 3C above pre-industrial levels by 2100 under policies and commitments currently in place
Latest development in energy storage
We are always looking for the latest innovations in technologies that will support the low carbon energy transition. In a news item on the Science Daily website, scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have designed an affordable 'flow battery' membrane that could accelerate renewable energy for the electrical grid. Go with the flow: … Continue reading Latest development in energy storage
Breakthrough in solar energy could turn the average window into a source of heat and store energy
James Pero writes on the Daily Mail website that scientists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have made a breakthrough that could turn the average window into a source of heat and store energy captured by the sun's rays for decades Scientists discover extraordinary way to turn normal windows into emission-free solar panels … Continue reading Breakthrough in solar energy could turn the average window into a source of heat and store energy
Croissant-making techniques inspire researchers to experiment in storing energy
One never knows where we will get our inspiration. I never expect it in my local bakery but obviously some do. Researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, were inspired by pastry folding techniques. David Woode explains in an article on the i news website. Croissant-making method leads to breakthrough in sustainable energy storage … Continue reading Croissant-making techniques inspire researchers to experiment in storing energy
Storing energy in a salt cavern
Umar Ali writes on the Power Technology website about using salt caverns in the US for energy storage. What are your views? How salt caverns could transform renewable energy storage for the US A new project called Advanced Clean Energy Storage has been launched in Utah by a consortium of partners including Mitsubishi Hitachi … Continue reading Storing energy in a salt cavern
The need for better energy storage technologies
Recent research demonstrates how energy storage technologies can play an even more important role in reducing renewable curtailment and GHG emissions from fossil fuel power plants. Jim Erickson posted an article on the Futurity website about the findings from researchers from the University of Michigan. Better renewable energy storage could cut emissions - Futurity … Continue reading The need for better energy storage technologies
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