Here’s a novel concept in energy storage: a wind turbine integrated with its own mass that can be moved against gravity to generate and store potential energy which is then converted via a generator to electricity when required. It’s akin …
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As a colleague of mine likes to say, “Even sushi has a better storage model than energy.”
Here’s a question for you mechanical engineering types out there: Can you please comment on this energy storage device? I saw this at a conference a few years ago, but forgot about it until just now.
Here’s a video designed for newcomers, an introduction to the subject of energy storage, making the point that batteries are making progress via new technology.
As noted here, the huge Chinese wind turbine concern Envision Group is buying Nissan Motor Company’s battery manufacturing business.
The industrial giant ABB was a client of mine in the late 1990s. I have a distinct fondness for them, though they represent the only business trip I regret not being able to make; due to a conflict in my …
Those looking for a primer on energy storage will enjoy this piece in the New York Times, complete with wonderful animation. For some reason, they failed to include flywheels, which is ironic because I happen to be taking on a …
A fellow in Sudan wrote to ask me about energy storage by compressing a large spring, pointing out, quite correctly, that the force associated with compressing a spring is a function of the distance over which the force is applied, …
When I became VP Marketing for EVWorld.com in 2008 I was frantically going to conferences on electric transportation all over the country and I noticed one thing that really hasn’t changed more than a hair’s breadth in the intervening decade: …
Gary Tulie writes: Hi Craig, This could be big. An ultracapacitor made of low-cost non-toxic materials with energy density as good as lithium ion batteries, with many times the charge and discharge rate. Yes, this sounds like it really could …
