Climate tech explained: grid-scale battery storage - Financial Times
Jul 17, 2024 · Battery installations are getting bigger as the industry scales — and new solar power plants are being built next to containers of lithium-ion batteries in order to store their output.
Battery makers aim to ease EV anxieties with 5-minute charge
Oct 8, 2024 · Asian battery makers are racing to develop new generations of “superfast charging” cells for electric vehicles that will make refuelling as fast as filling up cars with petrol or diesel.
Tesla ‘big battery’ fire fuels concerns over lithium risks
Aug 3, 2021 · A fire at one of the largest Tesla battery installations in the world has drawn fresh attention to the risks of batteries used to store renewable energy for electricity grids.
Form Energy raises $405mn to develop rust-powered batteries
Oct 9, 2024 · While most battery producers use lithium to store energy, Form stands out among its competitors with its process that combines iron and oxygen to make rust.
$1bn US battery plant plan shows race to reduce reliance on China
Oct 15, 2024 · US battery start-up Lyten is committing more than $1bn to build the world’s first large-scale factory to produce lithium sulphur batteries, an emerging technology that could help break US ...
Tesla boosts China investment with plans for Shanghai battery …
Apr 9, 2023 · Tesla’s Megapack system provides lithium-ion battery packs to help store renewable energy for electricity grids and represents a crucial driver for its energy storage and generation business.
Exploding pagers join long history of killer communications devices
Sep 18, 2024 · They said two obvious possibilities existed: a cyber attack in which a malware forced the pager’s lithium battery to overheat and then explode, or an intervention known as a “supply chain ...
Vintage typewriters: the poetic allure of the ‘alphabet piano’
Dec 2, 2020 · Saad and her husband, Walid – who meticulously restore and sell typewriters worldwide for between £150 and £3,600, depending on condition, typeface, colour, age and provenance – soon sold ...
Swedish PM rules out government rescue of troubled Northvolt
Sep 16, 2024 · Sweden’s government has ruled out a financial rescue of Northvolt as the country’s green battery start-up fights for survival. Ulf Kristersson, the centre-right prime minister, said on Monday ...
David Thewlis: ‘The messier a page is, the better it usually is’
Sep 29, 2021 · As with instruments, different typewriters have different temperaments, and part of the pleasure of writing on one is the feel of it. It’s a machine; by using it you become part of its engineering.
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