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Battery back-up is so expensive and uneconomic that South Australian householders are ignoring the SA governments offer of a $6000 gift to entice them to buy them.

World made 0.000001°C cooler, but house made 600°C hotter Remember The Precautionary Principle: something about “no House-B”? An Orange Flash and then Melanie’s House Burnt Down Melanie Sandford was sitting...

It may have taken five years, but Harley-Davidson’s vision for the electric motorcycle market is here and ready for pre-order. First conceptualized with a prototype in 2014, the production-ready model made its European...

Channel Seven News. Unintended consequences: When your insurance to stop the planet burning burns down your house instead. Storing all that energy in a small box at home. What could possibly go wrong? Fire crews are warning...

From Eurekalert Public Release: 11-Dec-2018 Switching to a home battery won’t help save the world from climate change At least until utilities charge less for energy coming from renewable power sources University of...

The Norwegian expedition cruise line Hurtigruten is going to do their part to help the environment. The 125-year-old company is aiming to convert six of its 17 ships to use biogas, liquified natural gas, and large battery...

Researchers at the University of Maryland have invented a new water-based zinc battery that is safer than a traditional lithium-ion battery, but which doesn't sacrifice power or usability...

Tesla's 100-megawatt (MW) South Australia battery will no longer be the world's largest if a new solar project goes through. According to USA Today, Recurrent Energy has requested permission from the federal government...

Scientists have created the world's first working rechargeable proton battery. Designed as an environmentally friendly alternative to lithium ion batteries, it could even store more energy — with further development. Lead...

Forget lithium - this Barcelona-based company is creating batteries with paper. Fuelium is developing paper-based batteries designed for disposable diagnostic devices, OZY reported. Unlike regular batteries, Fuelim's batteries...

Forget lithium - this Barcelona-based company is creating batteries with paper. Fuelium is developing paper-based batteries designed for disposable diagnostic devices, OZY reported. Unlike regular batteries, Fuelim batteries...

Nova Scotia Power has established a pilot project that utilizes Tesla's Powerpack 2 home batteries and their utility-grade Powerpack batteries to form an improved energy storage system for local wind power...

Electric eels inspired an international team of researchers to develop soft power cells that could one day run pacemakers, health monitors, or one day even augmented-reality contact lenses...

Did you know that more than 3 billion batteries are thrown away every year in the United States? The Cota Forever Battery is the world's first wirelessly-powered AA battery - and it offers a more sustainable, convenient alternative...

 French authorities are investigating whether Apple deliberately slows down older iPhones in order to increase sales, AFP reports. Read More

Works out how long an investment in an energy storage time shifting system would take to pay back in full. Such systems typically charge a battery during the off peak period and then discharge during the peak period, so saving...