Throughout the quest to transition to renewable energy, one problem has proven elusive to researchers: how to store large amounts of clean energy. Typically, clean energy has been dependent on the weather: wind energy needs wind, solar energy requires sun, and the lack of either means a lack of energy. To circumvent this, Oregon’s Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility is combining an array of renewable energy …
Sourcing and storing energy is often unsustainable and intermittent—a problem researchers from the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna, Austria seek to solve with the Lift Energy Storage System, which turns skyscrapers into giant gravity batteries. Researchers found that “excess renewable energy can be stored as potential energy by using it to lift something heavy up to a higher point,” according to New …
A sustainable alternative to disposable batteries, Better Battery is the world’s first and only certified carbon neutral option that comes with its own recycling service. One pack includes 22 AA batteries, 22 AAA batteries and two 9v batteries, all of which are alkaline, made from scratch and shipped in recycled packaging. A poly mailer is also included so that used batteries can be shipped back …
