Credit: FuturoprossimoThree groundbreaking energy innovations are coming together to form a perfect storm—one that could mark the end of oil and coal as we know them.Remember how the iPhone brought Nokia’s reign to an abrupt end? Something just as monumental is about to shake up the energy sector. Three distinct discoveries—each one revolutionary on...
Image Credits: TechcrunchTesla's success is partly rooted in government support, including a 2009 Department of Energy loan guarantee and the sale of regulatory credits to other carmakers, which have accounted for a third of its $32 billion in profits since 2012.Now, the company’s energy division — one of the few strong performers as EV...
Credit: PixabayFrom now until 2050, the International Energy Agency estimates that over $100 trillion will be invested in developing net-zero energy infrastructure worldwide. However, each of these projects carries the potential for unexpected cost overruns or construction delays. Emerging technologies like hydrogen and geothermal, introduced in the past decade, present even greater challenges in...
A 10-ft test sphere being dropped down to the bottom of Lake Constance in EuropeFraunhofer IEETo avoid using large areas of land for building renewable energy storage facilities, the Fraunhofer Institute has been developing a bold yet feasible idea: using hollow concrete spheres submerged in the deep ocean to store energy.The StEnSea Project: Storing...
Synthesis process of hard carbon and the application of the battery. Credit: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c17922A research team from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, collaborating with baijiu manufacturer Wuliangye, has developed a carbon-based anode for sodium-ion batteries using baijiu sediment. Their study, published in ACS Applied Materials &...
Image Credits:Our Next EnergyJust over a year after stepping down as CEO of battery startup Our Next Energy (ONE), Mujeeb Ijaz has returned to lead the company. This announcement coincides with the closing of a new funding round led by Crescent Ventures and Trousdale Ventures.ONE has not disclosed the round’s size and did not...
A rendering of what the SPARC tokamak would look like inside the ARC power plant Commonwealth Fusion SystemsNo, this isn’t the return of Marvel’s Iron Man. Instead, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has unveiled plans to construct the world’s first grid-scale fusion power plant near Richmond, Virginia.After scouting over 100 locations worldwide, CFS selected a 100-acre...
EWP is looking to complete installation of its energy system at the Port of LA site but Q1 2025, which should look and operate similar to the company's pilot setup at Jaffa Port in Israel (shown)Eco Wave PowerIn 2022, Eco Wave Energy (EWP) announced its ambitious plan to relocate its wave energy array from...
Credit: PixabayFunding Secured for Ambitious Space-Based Energy GridStar Catcher Industries has secured US$12.25 million in seed funding for its ambitious plan to build the world’s first "space-based energy grid." The idea is that a network of satellites would gather energy from the Sun and beam it at high concentrations to other satellites in orbit.Collecting...
a) Schematic: Metal foil inserted for internal heating and fast heat transfer to electrodes and electrolyte. Self-heating activated by switching off the connection between activation terminal and negative terminal. b) Evolution of cell voltage and temperature during activation at Vact = 0.4 V (inset) and subsequent 1C discharge at −20 °C. Battery temperature increases from −20 °C to 0 °C...
