For Oil Exec, an Electric Car Can Wait
The batteries are simply not ready for prime time, a strategic planner suggests.
View ArticleLive-Blogging a Senate Briefing on Nuclear Safety
As anxiety grows over Japan's troubled effort to stem the release of radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, the Senate hears from experts on the situation and on steps to improve safety at nuclear...
View ArticleA Second Life for the Electric Car Battery
Researchers are exploring the possibility of repurposing batteries to serve the electric grid, as well as battery ownership models that would reduce the financial burden on a car's owner.
View ArticleCan Batteries Replace Power Generators?
AES Energy proposes using batteries to help meet the Long Island Power Authority's need for new power capacity.
View ArticleSaving Electricity on a Philadelphia Subway Line
Batteries will capture energy that is generated when a train slows down, then deliver the power when the train needs it.
View ArticleGoogle’s Green Energy Wish List
The company imagines a cost breakthrough in various energy areas, then tries to map out what the result would be for jobs, the economy and various products like hybrid cars.
View ArticleA Battery That Squeezes More Miles Out of Gasoline
Ioxus is testing a hybrid battery that marries an ultracapacitor with a conventional battery to provide a quick charge for a hybrid car when the light turns green.
View ArticleBetter Batteries: Not Just for Cars Anymore
A new wind farm in West Virginia relies on batteries to smooth its output to the grid. And the manufacturer says that a new generation of batteries will have far more capacity.
View ArticleNearly 500 Birds Found Dead Near Wind Farm
A consultant says that migrating birds apparently were attracted to the lighting at a battery installation and related electrical substation.
View ArticleFighting Poor Recycling in Other Countries
We need to ask more about how our castoffs are processed, especially lead batteries that are sent out of the country.
View ArticleSurplus Renewable Energy: An Update
From interregional sharing to the development of batteries, Energy Secretary Steven Chu offers ideas for coping with a sudden oversupply of power to the grid.
View ArticleIs That Onions You Smell? Or Battery Juice?
No more crying over electric bills, now that an onion-processing company has a battery to store electricity at off-peak periods.
View ArticleCutting the Electric Bill with a Giant Battery
A battery system installed on a Philadelphia commuter line allows trains to run a bit like Prius hybrids, while sending power to a battery bank.
View ArticleObama-Backed Battery Maker Files for Bankruptcy
The company’s troubles could provide new ammunition for Mitt Romney, who has criticized the Obama administration’s green energy grant and loan programs.
View ArticleCould Electric Vehicles Fly Out of Showrooms?
The energy secretary says that batteries would have to improve considerably and come down in price.
View ArticleFor Oil Exec, an Electric Car Can Wait
The batteries are simply not ready for prime time, a strategic planner suggests.
View ArticleLive-Blogging a Senate Briefing on Nuclear Safety
As anxiety grows over Japan's troubled effort to stem the release of radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, the Senate hears from experts on the situation and on steps to improve safety at nuclear...
View ArticleA Second Life for the Electric Car Battery
Researchers are exploring the possibility of repurposing batteries to serve the electric grid, as well as battery ownership models that would reduce the financial burden on a car's owner.
View ArticleCan Batteries Replace Power Generators?
AES Energy proposes using batteries to help meet the Long Island Power Authority's need for new power capacity.
View ArticleSaving Electricity on a Philadelphia Subway Line
Batteries will capture energy that is generated when a train slows down, then deliver the power when the train needs it.
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