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Intelligent Batteries Responding to High Demand
Demand peaks are not a power utility’s best friend. Sometimes they occur in familiar patterns,…
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Large-Scale Solar Power Comes to Nowingi
Nowingi is an underpopulated area in northwest Victoria, Australia, some 500 miles away from Melbourne.…
Battery Technical
Grid Frequency and How Batteries Help
We wrote recently about how Sheffield University is using flywheels and batteries to balance grid…
Battery Technical
Batteries on Mars that Provide Power
Lithium-ion batteries will power electric motors when the rocket lifts off to take the first…
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Greenpeace: The Good And The Bad
Humans are naturally flawed beings so even the purest of all are bound to make…
Battery Technical
Are Hydrogen Fuel Cells Batteries?
We could simply say “what absolute nonsense’ and leave it at that. After all, it…
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Go Green LED Lights Saving The Locals
LED, or “light emitting diode” is found within your phones, lighting, lamps, laptops…etc. So, it…
Australia’s Newest and Biggest Solar Plant
Continuing the battle for reducing its CO2 emissions, Australia starts construction of the biggest solar plant…
Battery Basics
Understanding Kilowatt-Hours in Practice
Kilowatt-hours are the measure of the electricity we consume, and mostly pay for unless we…
Battery Technical
Different Types of Energy We Measure
When we say, “That child is full of energy” what exactly do we mean? In…