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Molecules that can capture heat could be a useful technology to decarbonise heating.

A global race is underway to find long-term energy storage solutions, with venture capital investing heavily in new technologies beyond the current lithium-ion battery dominance. Researchers at the ...

In an effort to reduce the use of precious land to build renewable energy storage facilities, the Fraunhofer Institute has been cooking up a wild but plausible idea: dropping concrete storage spheres ...

We're currently a lot better at producing clean energy than storing it to use later. That poses a challenge in regions that have long stretches with low wind and sunlight, stressing power grids fed by ...

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have created a remarkable new material that works like a “rechargeable solar battery,” storing ...

SpaceX has begun detailing Starship Version 3, the next major configuration of the world’s ...

As global demand for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage surges, so does the need for affordable and sustainable battery technologies. A new study led by researchers from the Department of ...

Solar panels and wind turbines give the world bountiful energy—but come with a conundrum. When it’s sunny and windy out, these renewables can produce more electricity than is actually needed at the ...

Solar panels and wind turbines give the world bountiful energy — but come with a conundrum. When it’s sunny and windy out, in many places these renewables produce more electricity than is actually ...

Focus has been shifting from the renewable energy buildout to energy storage amid the increase in energy demand from data ...