Topic: energy storage
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Anker Unveils Smart Energy & Living Ecosystem at All Energy 2025
Anker Innovations showcased a fully integrated ecosystem at All Energy Australia 2025, connecting power generation, energy storage, EV charging, and smart home technologies tailored for Australian households. The company's brands hold top global positions, including Soundcore in wireless audio, A...
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Fourth Power's Thermal Batteries Could Undercut Natural Gas Plants
Fourth Power is developing a thermal battery using superheated liquid tin and argon to store and release energy efficiently, aiming to make renewable energy more cost-effective than natural gas. The technology can supply power for about eight hours, twice the duration of most lithium-ion batterie...
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US Quantum Leap Solves Renewable Energy's Biggest Hurdle
A new thermal energy storage system using quantum physics can convert heat to electricity with 60% efficiency, addressing renewable energy's intermittency problem by making clean power more reliable for homes and grids. The system pairs thermal storage with thermophotovoltaic converters that emit...
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Tesla Revamps Megapack to Revive Declining Energy Storage Business
Tesla has launched the upgraded Megapack 3 and new modular Megablock to boost its energy storage division, addressing rising demand from utilities and data centers. The Megapack 3 offers increased storage capacity and a wider operational temperature range, while the Megablock combines units for f...
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Harnessing the Ocean to Store Renewable Energy
Childhood memories of a pumped-storage hydropower reservoir inspired the creation of an offshore energy storage solution to overcome land scarcity limitations. Sizable Energy's design uses two flexible reservoirs connected by turbines, pumping dense saltwater to store energy and generating power ...
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Dubai's DEWA Deepens China Ties to Boost Clean Energy Goals
DEWA is enhancing its partnership with Chinese energy firms to advance Dubai's clean energy transition, aligning with its goal of 100% clean power by 2050. The collaboration includes progressing the seventh phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which will add 2,000MW of solar ca...
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Anker's Zero-Margin Power Station Shakes Up the Market
The Anker Solix C1000 (Gen 2) offers a high 2,000W constant output with a 3,000W surge capacity, enabling it to power demanding appliances like refrigerators and microwaves effectively. It features an ultra-fast recharge time of just 49 minutes via a standard AC outlet, significantly reducing dow...
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My Mobile Office & Adventure Van Build
After abandoning the idea of using an electric vehicle due to unreliable charging infrastructure, the author chose a diesel Sprinter van for its widespread refueling and repair options, enhancing its utility with an oversized fuel tank. To maximize flexibility and return on investment, a hybrid p...
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Honeywell, LS Electric Partner to Power Data Centers & Battery Storage
Honeywell and LS Electric have formed a global partnership to create integrated hardware and software solutions for improving power management in data centers and commercial buildings, enhancing efficiency and resilience. The collaboration will initially offer joint products like integrated switc...
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Microsoft and IBM Use AI to Revolutionize Battery Tech
Artificial intelligence is accelerating the discovery of new battery materials, as demonstrated by Microsoft researchers who identified a substance reducing lithium use by 70% from 32 million candidates in under 80 hours. Scientists are using AI to develop safer, more efficient batteries with abu...
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Tesla's Megablock Slashes Renewable Energy Storage Costs
Tesla's Megablock is a pre-engineered system that reduces renewable energy storage installation time by 23% and construction costs by up to 40% by shifting assembly to the factory. It integrates hardware and software to help energy companies quickly meet rising electricity demands from data cente...
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Redwood Materials Lays Off 5% of Staff After $350M Funding
Redwood Materials is laying off about 5% of its workforce, impacting several dozen of its 1,200 employees, shortly after raising $350 million in Series E funding that increased its valuation to $6 billion. Founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, the company recycles battery materials to recover ...
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Top Battery Scientist Stefano Passerini Moves from Germany to China
World-renowned battery scientist Stefano Passerini has joined Nanjing Normal University full-time to lead its new International Institute for Electrochemical Energy Storage, highlighting a major shift in global energy research. Passerini chose the university due to its strong research capabilitie...
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Battery Recycler Expands to Clean Up AI Data Centers
A battery recycling innovator launched Redwood Energy, a new division creating renewable-powered microgrids from repurposed batteries to provide cleaner, resilient energy for AI data centers and communities. The company's first operational microgrid in Nevada combines solar panels and reused EV b...
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The Download: Aging Clocks & Fixing the Internet
California has enacted a law holding AI companies accountable for chatbot safety and requiring notifications to young users, alongside new social media warning labels to boost digital safety awareness. Unencrypted satellite transmissions are exposing sensitive civilian and military communications...
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AVEVA & CNBC Documentary: Radical Collaboration for Systemic Change
Climate change requires a unified, cross-sector approach involving industries, governments, and technology leaders to drive decarbonization through digital innovation and shared intelligence. AVEVA's documentary "Radical Collaboration" highlights how digital tools like AI and IIoT enable efficien...
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Ford F-150 Lightning Powers Homes in First-Ever V2G Trial
Ford F-150 Lightning owners are participating in a residential vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilot, using their trucks to supply energy to the grid during peak evening hours for financial incentives and grid stability. While V2G technology has been tested for over a decade, primarily with commercial flee...
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Altman and Nadella: The AI Power Struggle
The rapid growth of AI is creating a critical energy bottleneck, as tech leaders like Sam Altman and Satya Nadella note that power infrastructure can't keep up with demand, leaving companies with advanced chips they can't energize. AI's expansion is driving a surge in U.S. electricity demand, for...
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UAE, U.S. Forge Energy and AI Partnership Deal
The UAE and US have signed a partnership to enhance cooperation in energy and artificial intelligence, aiming to drive industrial transformation, economic growth, and national security. This collaboration focuses on developing smarter energy systems and advanced technologies to meet AI-era demand...
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Deloitte's $10M AI Gamble: Why the Bet Is Still On
Deloitte's simultaneous AI deployment and regulatory penalty illustrates the corporate rush to adopt AI before establishing proper governance frameworks. Significant funding was secured in tech sectors, including AltStore's $6 million for social media app distribution and Base Power's $1 billion ...
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