Etiket: battery

Lithium - the main component of most electric batteries - can be costly to mine. But researchers have made a breakthrough with alternative ‘molten salt’ batteries.

As concern over climate change and the need for clean energy sees an increasing number of people switch to electric cars, these vehicles are fast gaining a larger market share. But some experts are asking how green the batteries that run them really are?

Dutch students have invented a zero-emissions car that captures carbon as it drives. "This car was made with the goal to minimise the CO2 emitted ...

While the market for solar and wind energy sources is growing, transitioning to renewables at home isn’t easy. What happens when the sun goes in ...

Solar energy stored in ‘sand batteries’ could help get Finns through the long cold winter, which is set to be even tougher after Russia stopped ...

A water battery capable of storing electricity equivalent to 400,000 electric car batteries will begin operating in Switzerland next week. The ...

An Australian recycling company is turning old batteries into fertiliser for crops, in an effort to stop them from ending up in landfill. Around ...

Last week, Serbian environmental protesters were successful in getting plans to allow Rio Tinto to mine one of Europe's largest lithium deposits ...