Among the many changes, the new rules would require batteries in consumer devices like smartphones to be easily removable and replaceable. That's far from the case today...
The amount of electricity that the #Nuclear industry has produced globally peaked in 2006, but regrettably that wasn't the peak in regards to how much taxpayers have subsidized that industry.
"#Batteries the biggest player again as renewable records smashed in #California, reach 156 pct of load
Last week battery storage became, for the first time, the largest supply source in the evening peak of what is one of the world’s largest grids. On Tuesday, it discharged more than 6 GW for the first time, providing up to a 25 per cent share of supply, and was the biggest provider on the grid for two hours."
Want some #verisimilitude for your post-apocalyptic story? Four years after the pandemic started, 7 out of 7 examined #battery-powered candles had burst batteries. 3 out of 7 had destroyed circuitry and were irreparable. I restored four of the candles to working order with a lot of cleaning and scrubbing, but of course they required fresh #batteries.
Takeaway: Nothing battery-powered left for four years will work when found. Much of it will be destroyed.
Bonus: Gasoline has a shelf life and may be useless in 6-12 months. Sorry, no verisimilitude in Mad Max.
EU: Samsung and other brands may be forced to bring back phones with removable backs so that we can easily replace batteries
Gone are the days when we could easily take off the smartphone’s battery and replace it with a new one. You didn’t need a heat gun or a specialised tool to pop open the back of your phone, and you could easily do that with your fingernails. It seems like we c ...continues
John Bannister Goodenough, the American co-inventor of Lithium-ion batteries and a co-winner of 2019 Nobel prize for Chemistry, has passed away. He was just a month short of turning 101. Goodenough also played a significant role in the development of Random Access Memory (RAM) for computers.
Exercise bike inspired by Ukraine war provides backup power during emergencies but why not anytime
The exercise bike, dubbed HR Bank, was designed to provide urban dwellers with a reliable source of clean energy, but, perhaps more importantly, also for those in need of power during emergencies like natural disasters or wars.
#Toyota's claims for their new solid state-battery technology are stunning. 1,200 km range (~745 miles) on a full charge. Lighter and less expensive than lithium-ion batteries. And the icing on the cake? 10 minutes or less to fully charge.
Vehicles with these should start in 2027. If this holds up, EVs will start being more convenient than traditional engines and #Tesla could be in serious trouble.
Researching and writing a column on the physics of meringue, trying to get it out of the way before a full weekend of Fully Charged LIVE discussing the future of clean energy and transport, batteries, EVs etc. I thought that no two topics could be further apart, but… this. Which apparently isn’t a piss-take. #meringue#climate#batteries
#China is #revolutionising the battery business, becoming the #FirstCountry to make #SodiumIon#BatteryTechnology available to all consumers, as companies begin to mass produce the new #energy storage option which is set to replace conventional lithium-ion models.
Vendors have been popping up on Taobao, China’s largest mobile commerce site, offering sodium-ion #batteries , mainly for two-wheeled electric scooters.
Everyone is talking about building very large #batteries for energy storage, for when the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow. Turns out, that is the most expensive solution. There are faster solutions that yield money.
"Lovins and many other #EnergyEfficiency experts have spent decades pointing out that an integrated system approach that focuses as much or more on consumption than supply will be so much cheaper than the current approach focused on supply."
Supercapacitors are charged like a battery but release their energy more rapidly – and some of their components can now be built from old plastic bottles
Batteries are the weak component in changing to renewable energy. I currently have lead carbon batteries, and this is a new safer technology under development.
Can you safely revive a dead lithium-ion battery? Yes – here’s how
More and more devices now come kitted out with rechargeable lithium-ion batteries — you know, the ones that look like the old-style AA or C cell batteries, but are a slightly different size. The most common size is the now ubiquitous 18650, but ther ...continues
Could the National Grid be making better use of the battery storage facilities already available in the UK?
It seems that at some points in the last year, even when there was battery-stored electricity available to be drawn down, the Grid still used gas-fired additional generation instead.
Its likely to have be caused by a lack of up-to-date computing infrastructure to manage supply during surges.
We have a net-zero friendly solution but are (still) not fully using it!
Remember: fossil fuel companies want people to focus on what uses#energy so we don't talk about the supply side.
They benefit from #environmentalists spending time and energy bickering with one another about whether AI uses too much #electricity, whether to support more #nuclear plants, whether we should mine more #lithium to have grid scale #batteries, and so forth.
That doesn't mean we can't talk about these things, but be #mindful where you spend your energy.
"This drop in battery cost to below $60/kWh in 2024 will allow the wholesale transition of the world to 100% #WindWaterSolar at low cost faster than predicted."
-MJ Jacobson
"World's largest EV battery maker says prices in 2024 will drop 50% to $56/kWh
This is gargantuan - and will accelerate EV cars, trucks, trains, ships, planes and BESS."
-A Razzouk
European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries (www.techspot.com)
Among the many changes, the new rules would require batteries in consumer devices like smartphones to be easily removable and replaceable. That's far from the case today...
John B. Goodenough, Nobel laureate who gave the world Li-ion batteries, passes away. (www.thehindubusinessline.com)
John Bannister Goodenough, the American co-inventor of Lithium-ion batteries and a co-winner of 2019 Nobel prize for Chemistry, has passed away. He was just a month short of turning 101. Goodenough also played a significant role in the development of Random Access Memory (RAM) for computers.
Plastic bottles can be recycled into energy-storing supercapacitors (archive.is)
Supercapacitors are charged like a battery but release their energy more rapidly – and some of their components can now be built from old plastic bottles