There was great excitement coming from South Australia recently as the Tesla 100 MW generation capacity, 129 MWh storage battery commenced operation within the electricity …
Category: Battery storage
A solar transportation system?
While Elon Musk is waxing lyrical about the Tesla Model 3, a house with solar roof tiles and batteries both in the house and in …
A new era for aviation?
The pressure to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and the prospect of a world running largely on renewable electricity has sent research and development teams in …
The battery that made headlines
It is hard to imagine that something as mundane as a battery could make national headlines, but that is what happened last week in Australia. …
The cobalt rush?
It was interesting to see the FT report recently that there may be a cobalt crunch looming, with hedge funds actually stockpiling physical cobalt. The …
Making the most of hydrogen
As hydrogen refueling stations begin to appear, including one from Shell opening near London, Toyota makes its Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle more widely available …
Materials in a transition
In thinking about the energy transition, it is easy to look at the status quo and compare it with a clean energy future of renewables, …
