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- Hawaii wind farm leans on giant battery bank http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-57347037-54/hawaii-wind-farm-leans-on-giant-battery-bank/?tag=mncol 3 comments
- Meet the CO2 battery cozying up with a wind energy giant https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/12/23399567/co2-battery-wind-solar-renewable-energy-storage 7 comments science
- This battery could freeze solar and wind energy for months https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/04/this-battery-could-freeze-wind-and-solar-energy-for-months/ 24 comments technology
- Better batteries could revolutionize solar, wind power http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/05/12/battery-revolution-expands-solar-wind-energy/2133043/ 6 comments technology
- Landmark connection deal allows battery to be added to biggest wind farm in NSW https://reneweconomy.com.au/landmark-connection-deal-allows-battery-to-be-added-to-biggest-wind-farm-in-nsw/ 13 comments energy
- Texas exponentially adding more wind, solar, and battery capacity. Growth in gas nearly zero. http://www.ercot.com/content/wcm/lists/219848/Capacity_Changes_by_Fuel_Type_Charts_October_2021_monthly.xlsx 37 comments energy
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Clock winding down on black box beacon battery http://www.cbsnews.com/news/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-clock-winding-down-on-black-box-beacon-battery/ 5 comments worldnews
- Gigha watts: Scottish island tests batteries for wind farms http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/09/gigha-watts-scottish-island-energy-wind-turbines 11 comments technology
- How bad could Trump be for renewables? A previously unreported study predicts a massive decrease in solar, wind, and battery development if Trump adopts just one proposal in Project 2025. https://heated.world/p/how-bad-could-trump-be-for-renewables 2 comments climate
- 24 hour wind+ powered mind. The mining facility’s contract is for an uninterrupted supply of 70MW around the clock. ~1/2 of Neoen’s 412MW wind farm Goyder South is “dedicated” to the BHP contract. They add the 200MW two hour (400MWh) nearby’ Blyth battery to fill in the gaps. https://reneweconomy.com.au/how-a-wind-farm-and-a-big-battery-will-deliver-24-7-power-to-one-of-worlds-biggest-mines/ 14 comments futurology
- Innovative ‘sand battery’ is green energy’s beacon of hope - Two young engineers have succeeded in using sand to store energy from wind and solar by creating a novel battery capable of supplying power all year round. https://thred.com/tech/innovative-sand-battery-is-green-energys-beacon-of-hope/ 497 comments futurology
- ‘Sand batteries’ could be key breakthrough in storing solar and wind energy year-round https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/07/06/sand-batteries-could-be-key-breakthrough-in-storing-solar-and-wind-energy-year-round 28 comments europe
- Oregon utility powers up nation’s first large-scale wind, solar and battery facility https://www.opb.org/article/2022/06/07/oregon-portland-general-electric-builds-nations-first-large-scale-wind-solar-battery-facility/ 7 comments environment
- University of Washington researchers create tiny battery-free environmental monitoring sensors that float in the wind like dandelion seeds https://www.washington.edu/news/2022/03/16/battery-free-devices-float-in-wind-like-dandelion-seeds/ 5 comments futurology
- Forget batteries. This 100-year-old technique provides cheap energy storage for wind and solar power https://www.fastcompany.com/90714276/forget-batteries-this-100-year-old-technique-provides-cheap-energy-storage-for-wind-and-solar-power 2 comments business
- What’s the trick to keep grids humming along on solar, wind and batteries alone? Government labs working on grid forming inverters that replace the need for spinning masses that keep grid stable today. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/whats-the-trick-to-keep-grids-humming-along-on-solar-wind-and-batteries-alone 20 comments energy
- New 'iron-air' battery can store electricity from wind or solar power stations for days at a time, slowly discharging it into the grid, at just 1/10th the cost of lithium-ion batteries https://solarbuildermag.com/energy-storage/form-energy-says-its-iron-air-battery-is-a-multi-day-energy-storage-system/ 10 comments technology
- New 'iron-air' battery can store electricity from wind or solar power stations for days at a time, slowly discharging it into the grid, at just 1/10th the cost of lithium-ion batteries https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9814873/Scientists-develop-iron-air-battery-stores-electricity-days.html 89 comments energy
- Plunge in lithium-ion battery costs. Analysis quantifies a dramatic price drop that parallels similar improvements in solar and wind energy, and shows further steep declines could be possible. The cost of batteries has dropped by 97 percent since they were first commercially introduced in 1991 https://news.mit.edu/2021/lithium-ion-battery-costs-0323 6 comments science
- A new concept for an aluminium battery has twice the energy density as previous versions, is made of abundant materials, and could lead to reduced production costs and environmental impact. The idea has potential for large scale applications, including storage of solar and wind energy. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/cuot-anc092719.php 11 comments science
- Cheap Gas Is Killing Nuclear, Green Power May Finish the Job. A potent mix of solar, wind and batteries is threatening the future of nuclear. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-09-21/cheap-gas-is-killing-nuclear-green-power-may-finish-the-job 15 comments technology
- Canadian company to release new grid scale battery for solar / wind storage with 4 times the power density of lithium ion. https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/the-smarter-grid/startup-aims-to-tackle-grid-storage-problem-with-serverracksized-battery 7 comments worldnews
- Batteries, Offshore Wind Lead Clean Energy Cost Cuts As Renewables Continue To Undercut Coal And Gas https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2019/04/16/batteries-offshore-wind-lead-clean-energy-cost-cuts-as-renewables-continue-to-undercut-coal-and-gas/ 35 comments worldnews
- Ion age: why the future will be battery powered | The variable nature of wind and solar power means storing energy is a huge part of the fight to mitigate climate change https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jan/14/on-the-charge-why-batteries-are-the-future-of-clean-energy 6 comments technology
- New generation of ‘flow batteries’ could eventually sustain a grid powered by the sun and wind - China is building the world's largest vanadium flow battery, which should come online in 2020. The battery will store 800 megawatt-hours of energy, enough to power thousands of homes. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/10/new-generation-flow-batteries-could-eventually-sustain-grid-powered-sun-and-wind 16 comments worldnews
- Tesla big battery defies skeptics, sends industry bananas over performance. It has given a glimpse of the future, how a grid can be effectively managed with a very high share of wind and solar – not just faster, but also cleaner, smarter and more reliable than the dumb and ageing fossil fuel grid. https://reneweconomy.com.au/tesla-big-battery-defies-skeptics-sends-industry-bananas-over-performance-38273/ 14 comments technology
- Batteries boom enables world to get half of electricity from wind and solar by 2050 | Bloomberg New Energy Finance https://about.bnef.com/blog/batteries-boom-enables-world-get-half-electricity-wind-solar-2050/ 17 comments technology
- Tesla’s enormous battery in South Australia has led to massive drop in costs of backing up region’s power supply, potentially saving local people millions of dollars. New figures suggested new system, which is powered by wind turbines, has reduced price of expensive power outages by 90%. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/tesla-giant-battery-south-australia-reduce-cost-power-outage-backup-system-fcas-a8348431.html 162 comments worldnews
- Australia’s renewable energy sector responds to the success of South Australia’s Tesla lithium ion battery. South Australia will build the world’s largest solar thermal plant, and a Queensland wind farm may be the site of a new record-breaking battery. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/11/big-new-renewable-projects-planned-across-australia-as-tesla-effect-hits 93 comments worldnews
- Tesla says world’s largest battery installation is halfway done: 'In South Australia...a 100MW/129MWh utility-grade battery bank near the site of the 100MW Hornsdale Wind Farm.' https://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2017/10/tesla-says-worlds-largest-battery-installation-is-halfway-done/ 7 comments technology
- Tesla says world’s largest battery installation is halfway done: 'In South Australia...a 100MW/129MWh utility-grade battery bank near the site of the 100MW Hornsdale Wind Farm.' https://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2017/10/tesla-says-worlds-largest-battery-installation-is-halfway-done/ 37 comments worldnews
- Tesla's big battery races to keep South Australia's lights on - One year after the state of South Australia suffered a major blackout, the clock has started ticking for Tesla Inc to finish building the world’s biggest battery to help keep the lights on in Australia’s most wind-dependent state. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-power-tesla/teslas-big-battery-races-to-keep-south-australias-lights-on-iduskcn1c40dd 49 comments worldnews
- Tesla will build world’s largest battery storage facility for Australian wind farm and help stabilize the South Australian electric power grid https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/07/tesla-will-build-worlds-largest-battery-storage-facility-for-australian-wind-farm/ 31 comments worldnews
- Germany is building the world's first wind turbines with built-in hydroelectric batteries to create carbon-free energy storage http://qz.com/823054/germany-wind-turbine-hydroelectric-batteries/ 332 comments europe
- Tesla's low-cost renewable battery could revolutionize Africa's energy supply - Home storage unit is perfect for continent rich in solar & wind resources but short of reliable power sources, says Christine Mungai http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/11/tesla-home-battery-transform-africa-energy 47 comments worldnews
- Cheap batteries will revolutionise the renewable energy market. The big power companies will struggle to keep up as a solution emerges to the problem of storing wind and solar power http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/09/cheap-batteries-renewable-energy-market-big-power-companies-wind-solar-power 120 comments technology
- Metal-free, larger capacity battery for storing solar and wind energy, developed by Harvard http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/center/articles/2014/earth-techling-01-15-2014.html 6 comments science
- The stimulus is producing the world’s largest wind farm, a half dozen of the world’s largest solar arrays, and America’s first refineries for advanced biofuels. It’s creating a battery-manufacturing industry for electric vehicles almost entirely from scratch. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/interrogation/2012/08/the_new_new_deal_a_book_argues_that_president_obama_s_stimulus_has_been_an_astonishing_success.2.html 501 comments politics
- New wind farm uses 1.3 million D and C cell batteries to store extra power http://inhabitat.com/new-wind-farm-in-west-virginia-uses-batteries-to-improve-performance/ 15 comments technology
- What if wind turbines were used exclusively for battery recharging of electric cars? Is this feasible? Do the wind turbines generate enough power and how many cars could it realistically power in a given week? – The Blogs at HowStuffWorks http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2009/08/24/18363/ 3 comments reddit.com