Inlyte Energy's iron-sodium battery storage system just passed a key factory test with a large US utility in attendance.

Iron-sodium batteries have quietly crossed a threshold that grid planners have been waiting on for years: a full-scale system ...

Storing energy in batteries is an increasingly important aspect of the modern world. Electric cars and giant battery banks ...

As grid operators search for reliable alternatives to lithium-ion technology, iron-sodium batteries are gaining momentum as a viable option for large-scale energy storage. Built on abundant and ...

Started in the labs at MIT, Form Energy is the company that improved a 140-year-old battery technology to revolutionize energy storage. Its iron-air battery, which is 10 times cheaper than current ...

Battery experts can generate a charge out of about anything these days. Form Energy is adding rust to the list. Experts developed iron-air batteries that can use the chemistry that occurs when metal ...

Since electricity was first deployed, there has been a missing link: storage. The lead-acid battery was developed in 1859 and has been refined to the practical, utilitarian box in cars today. Gone are ...

The world's electric grids are creaking under the pressure of volatile fossil-fuel prices and the imperative of weaning the world off polluting energy sources. A solution may be at hand, thanks to an ...

The number of wind farms in the U.K. has more than quadrupled since 2010. But last year, when a “wind drought” over more than a week meant that it was suddenly much less windy than usual, the country ...

Like gasoline, there is no such thing as a “pure” lithium ion battery. Gasoline is a blend of various hydrocarbons and other components like ethanol that can vary widely based on location, time of ...

ASHDOD, ISRAEL - JULY 16: The Iron Dome air-defense system fires to intercept a rocket over the city of Ashdod on July 16, 2014 in Ashdod,Israel. An Egyptian ceasefire proposal was yesterday refused ...