Skoltech scientists have presented a model that facilitates the design and operation of vanadium redox flow batteries. These are large-scale storage units for electrical power that promise to play a major part in the energy transformation and are already used by utilities in China, Germany, and the U.S. to even out peak demand on the […]
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Big lithium plans for Imperial Valley, one of California’s poorest regions, raise a bigger question: Who should benefit?
Imperial County consistently ranks among the most economically distressed places in California. The Salton Sea, the state’s biggest and most toxic lake, is an environmental disaster. And the region’s politics have been dominated by a conservative white elite, despite its supermajority Latino population. The county also happens to be sitting on enough lithium to produce nearly 400 million […]
Planned Lithium-ion battery storage facility causes concern for some Sumner residents
SUMNER, Wash. — Puget Sound Energy announced a new renewable energy project for Pierce County on Tuesday. The agency said a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility is planned to be built in Sumner off of East Valley Highway. Puget Sound Energy said will help maintain reliability during peak energy demand. PSE also said it […]
Uranium Energy to buy Rio Tinto’s Wyoming assets for $175m
Uranium Energy (NYSE: UEC) has agreed to buy Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) assets in Wyoming, US, which include the fully-licensed Sweetwater plant and a portfolio of uranium mining projects. The uranium producer and explorer said the $175 million cash deal would give it key assets that will allow it to boost production, providing opportunities for synergy […]
Australian lithium, rare earth projects secure up to $786 million in US funding
A multi-institutional research team led by Georgia Tech’s Hailong Chen has developed a new, low-cost cathode that could radically improve lithium-ion batteries (LIBs)—potentially transforming the electric vehicle (EV) market and large-scale energy storage systems. “For a long time, people have been looking for a lower-cost, more sustainable alternative to existing cathode materials. I think we’ve […]
Grid-scale batteries: They’re not just lithium
As power utilities and industrial companies seek to use more renewable energy, the market for grid-scale batteries is expanding rapidly. Alternatives to lithium-ion technology may provide environmental, labor, and safety benefits. And these new chemistries can work in markets like the electric grid and industrial applications that lithium doesn’t address well. “I think the market […]
