After decades of lithium-ion batteries dominating the market, a new option has emerged: batteries made with sodium ions.

Construction of lithium-ion battery systems is proposed for at least two South Dakota locations so far, one near Watertown, ...

Governments and investors are pouring money into the search for batteries that are difficult, or impossible, to set on fire ...

Also known as sodium batteries, these devices operate on principles similar to lithium-ion batteries but use more abundant and cost-effective materials. Instead of lithium, nickel, and cobalt, they ...

Applications for these batteries can include military and aerospace uses, and they may also be used for storing wind and solar energy and creating smart grids. Lithium-ion batteries come in a ...

Eight firefighters were injured in a 2019 explosion at an energy battery facility in Surprise, Arizona. In May, it took 40 firefighters five days to contain a fire at a battery facility in San Diego ...

The electricity stored in the batteries can be redistributed back into the grid in the event of a surge in demand or other ...

The method developed at the Technical University of Munich is intended to make several hundred thousand charge and discharge ...

China’s GNE has developed a lithium-sulfur battery with an energy density of 700 Wh/kg, significantly surpassing that of ...

By offering cheap energy storage, concentrating solar power has a huge potential. However, it requires international ...

The Biden administration is encouraging US lithium mining through a mix of loans, grants, and tax breaks.

In theory, zinc batteries hold many advantages over lithium-ions, but problems, including the growth of needle-like zinc ...