An aerial photo is showing the largest energy storage 400MW project in Shandong province in Zaozhuang City, China, on March 10, 2024. The ultra-long life battery being used in this project employs ...

AI is stressing the U.S. grid, forcing energy storage to diversify. Lithium supply chains and long-duration batteries are now ...

Lithium is a chemical element and key component of electric vehicle (EV) batteries that’s also known by another name: “white gold.” That’s because in a future powered by batteries, from our electric ...

While lithium extraction technologies generally focus on ways to get the essential metal out of the ground, there's another source to mine: existing batteries that no longer work. A new technique ...

The technology revolution and development of new renewable energy resources is driving demand for lithium to new heights, but it is not a common mineral. Scientists say they have found lithium in an ...

In 2007, a geoscientist at Penn State named Terry Engelder calculated that Pennsylvania could be sitting on more than 50 trillion cubic feet of accessible natural gas deposits. Engelder later revised ...

Solid electrolytes are neither volatile nor flammable, unlike the liquid electrolytes used in conventional lithium-ion batteries. Discovery of a new lithium-air battery that can store much more energy ...

The discovery of 40 million metric tons of lithium in the McDermitt Caldera positions the US to become a major player in the global lithium market. The Thacker Pass project, set to begin operations in ...