Our power grid is in better shape this summer, thanks to solar and batteries
This lithium battery energy storage system in Blasdell, New York can power 15,000 homes for two hours during outages or ...
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Why we need so much lithium
Lithium used to be almost an afterthought — found in small quantities in medicine and tempered glass, and peaking in ...
Your expensive power bill is part of an alarming trend
Like most Americans this month, your most recent power bill may have given you a shock. Residential electricity rates have ...
Lead-acid batteries are poisoning the Global South. Here are 3 proven ways to stop that.
Remember the Flint, Michigan, water crisis? The public health disaster that, at its peak, poisoned nearly 5 percent of the ...
The wild hunt for clean energy minerals
The world is hungry for more stuff: televisions, phones, motors, container ships, solar panels, satellites. That means the stuff required ...
Escape Velocity
President Donald Trump ran on a promise of more fossil fuels, fewer environmental regulations, and outright climate denial — and ...
Tesla Sales Are Slumping, Even in the Most E.V.-Friendly Place
If there is anyplace Tesla should be thriving, it’s Norway. Electric vehicles account for more than 90 percent of new ...
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