Hacker NewsMar 12, 2025

We built a Plug-in Home Battery for the 99.7% of us without Powerwalls

https://pilaenergy.com

#HackerNews #PlugInBattery #HomeEnergy #RenewableEnergy #PowerStorage #PilaEnergy

Pila: Plug-and-power home batteries

Meet the next-generation home battery.

Pila Energy
Athanasius HAS MOVEDNov 22, 2023

So, even with all the continuing fossil fuel (and related generation) subsidies renewables are starting to out-compete them! This is very good news.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/giant-batteries-drain-economics-gas-power-plants-2023-11-21/

#ClimateChange #gaspower #renewables #powerstorage

Giant batteries drain economics of gas power plants

Giant batteries that ensure stable power supply by offsetting intermittent renewable supplies are becoming cheap enough to make developers abandon scores of projects for gas-fired generation world-wide.

Reuters
andreas anderssohnAug 7, 2023

Fahrzeuge direkt über die Straße als Stromspeicher mit erneuerbarem Strom nachladen. 👀

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/energiewende-forschende-entwickeln-stromspeicher-aus-beton-a-8d083b89-93f8-4b0f-9a7a-3e46e535e48e

#Sustainability #renewableEnergy #Powerstorage #opportunity

Poröses Material: Neuartiger Beton soll grünen Strom speichern

Solarstrom wird oft nicht gleich verbraucht und ihn zu lagern, ist schwierig. Fachleute haben nun einen Speicher aus Zement, Wasser und Ruß vorgestellt. Ihre Vision: Straßen, die E-Autos laden.

DER SPIEGEL
Margaret Anne (she/her/they)Mar 22, 2023

Critiques? Is this really ready for prime time or still just a pipe dream? I do know if it sounds too good to be true... be skeptical...

(also serious car skeptic - why NOT just have GREAT public transit? Buses and trains - great use for batteries...)

#batteries #lithiumsulpher #lithiumion #futurepower #powerstorage #cars

https://bigthink.com/the-future/lithium-sulfur-batteries

How an accidental discovery made this year could change the world

A lucky discovery involving lithium-sulfur batteries has a legitimate chance to revolutionize how we power our world.

Big Think
JoswitsJan 15, 2023

Are you looking for home power storage to buffer your solar electricity? There's many technologies out there. I am quite impressed by the advantages of Zinc-Bromine.

https://interestingengineering.com/video/batteries-137-year-old-invention?dicbo=v2-c9f6f40093d2b539d5c3c555360508fa

#batteries #lithium #power #safepower #powerstorage #homebattery #offthegrid

137-year-old idea could be a viable lithium-ion battery substitute

Zinc bromine batteries are one up-and-coming contender to lithium-ion storage that may prove very efficient and viable in the coming years.

Interesting Engineering
Roy GrubbJan 13, 2023

New technique to turn abandoned mines into batteries https://techxplore.com/news/2023-01-technique-abandoned-batteries.html

Coal mines to save the world! (So long as they're defunct)

#powerstorage #batteries

New technique to turn abandoned mines into batteries

A novel technique called Underground Gravity Energy Storage turns decommissioned mines into long-term energy storage solutions, thereby supporting the sustainable energy transition.

Tech Xplore