Despite major advances in the field of renewable energy generation, we still have yet to find a particularly scalable way to store all that power — especially from solar and wind — which vary greatly ...

It’s no secret. Any store that sells food uses a lot of energy — averaging 51.5 kilowatt-hours per square foot, more than any other commercial building. Convenience stores use even more, consuming as ...

A comapny has come up with an intriguing approach that stores energy in enormous domes that are filled with compressed carbon ...

“This system demonstrates remarkable efficiency in storing solar energy as electrons,” the study authors said. This work shows that solar energy can be captured, stored, transported as a liquid, and ...

Harvesting the sun’s energy has always been an exciting challenge. As technology races forward, scientists are finding new ways to both collect and store that energy more efficiently. A recent ...

Concrete is quietly being reimagined as a giant rechargeable battery, turning walls, foundations and roadways into hidden reservoirs of clean power. By embedding energy storage directly into the built ...

Imagine having a fridge-sized box in your home that not only generates and stores electricity on-site, but heats and cools the house, provides hot water and even churns out oxygen and hydrogen to use ...

Andrew Cruden receives funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the area of energy storage. He is affiliated with the Faraday Institution, being a current member ...

Today's Energy Store specializes in residential solar installations. It offers products from SunPower. Its service area extends across Greater Las Vegas in Nevada. Solar panel costs vary based on your ...

Researchers at Lancaster University have developed a new material that can store energy for months, and potentially years, at a time. The material can be activated by light, and then release the ...

Seamus Garvey is the Founding Chairman of the newly established International CAES Alliance, which aims to raise awareness of the potential and power of CAES. Electricity generated by fossil fuels is ...