30 MW Storage Battery To Be Built In Germany Companies such as Innotech Solar, Hanwha Q-Cells, and Enercon have a presence in Saxony-Anhalt. It is only fitting that it would be the site of a 30 MW battery storage project. “This was just the first step. We have many renewable energy plants here and often…
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What’s Next For Magnesium-Ion Batteries: Molecular Foundry Coughs Up A Clue
What’s Next For Magnesium-Ion Batteries: Molecular Foundry Coughs Up A Clue If you thought you knew everything there is to know about magnesium-ion batteries, guess again. Some folks over at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s “Molecular Foundry” supercomputer have gotten to the bottom of a problem that has stalled the development of this promising energy…
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It’s Official: US Military Goes All In On Climate Change Adaptation
Somewhere in some dark corner of the universe, diehard contrarians are still convinced that climate change ranks right up there with Benjamin Franklin’s “electric kite” as one of the greatest scientific hoaxes of all time, but you won’t find any of those characters lurking in the halls of the Pentagon. The Department of Defense has…
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Mercedes B-Class Electric vs BMW i3
BMW i3 This summer, two German rivals whipped up their own take on electric vehicles. In one corner there’s the BMW i3, a purpose-built electric vehicle with an optional gas-powered range extender. In the other corner is the Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive, which uses a shared platform but a drivetrain and battery pack from the…
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