Storage

Battery

Australia Forecasts Brutal Lithium Price Correction as Output Surges

Greenbushes lithium mine, the world’s largest, is located 250km south of Perth. (Image courtesy of Talison Lithium.)The lithium market has been in turmoil with…

Energy Saving

Team Seeks to Enhance Production Efficiency of Fuel Cells With Laser Machining Technology

Fuel cells used for vessels and airplanes are becoming increasingly lighter to improve efficiency, and this is leading to a decline in the thickness of bipolar …

Battery

New Aluminum Radical Battery Promises More Sustainable Power

Scientists in Australia and China are hoping to make the world's first safe and efficient non-toxic aqueous aluminum radical battery.Teams from Flinders Uni…

Energy Saving

Nanosheet Technology Developed to Boost Energy Storage Dielectric Capacitors

A research group led by Professor Minoru Osada at the Institute for Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS), Nagoya University in Japan, in collaborati…

Energy Saving

Grooved Electrodes Could Improve the Performance of Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are a promising energy solution for reducing carbon emissions in the transport sector. As suggested by their name, …

Geothermal Power Plant

Construction Starts for Silverstone Carbon Capture Plant in Hellisheidi, Iceland

Construction has started on the Silvertone CO2 capture plant of Carbfix which aims to make the Hellisheidi geothermal power plant near carbon-neutral.

Energy Storage Project

WA’s second big battery begins construction

Construction has begun on the $625 million Stage Two Battery in Kwinana, which is being funded by the Western Australian Governments to help deliver clean, reli…

Energy Storage Project

BESS alternatives: Cornwall Insight explores unlocking ‘crucial’ long-duration storage

Alternative electricity storage technologies explored by the report to accommodate longer storage durations include compressed air or pumped hydropower. Image: …

Energy Storage Project

Habitat Energy Selected to Optimise Over 500MW of Gresham Battery Storage

This new partnership builds upon a previous agreement signed in 2019. Image: GRID.Global optimiser Habitat Energy has signed an agreement with Gresham House Ene…

Nuclear waste

Decommissioning Project Launched for Radwaste Facility at UEIP Site

A project is under way to decommission a long-established storage facility for radioactive waste at the Ural Electrochemical Plant (UEIP).(Image: TVEL)TVEL, par…

Energy Storage Project

Australia Starts Building Second Kwinana Battery ESS

Western Australia (WA) has started building the state's second grid-scale battery energy storage system (ESS) in Kwinana on 3 July.The project, which will b…

Pumped Storage

Australian Developer Secures Funding to Speed Up 2 Gwh Pumped Hydro Project

Australian renewables developer Genex Power has signed agreements with Japanese utility J-Power for a multimillion-dollar funding package that will support the …

Hydrogen Production

Posco to Invest $92 Billion Through 2030 in Batteries, Hydrogen

Posco Group, the South Korean conglomerate that owns the country’s biggest steelmaker, said it plans to invest 121 trillion won ($92 billion) through 2030…

Energy Storage Project

CEFC invests $100M in Waratah Super Battery

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has announced a $100 million investment commitment to the Waratah Super Battery (WSB), due for completion in 2025.Th…

Carbon Capture

China's Dual Carbon Goal Propels Thriving Energy Storage Sector

China's dual carbon goal and targeted policies have provided strong tailwinds, enabling the country's energy storage businesses to thrive amid the rapid…