Broken Hill will be the location of Australia's first large-scale compressed air energy storage system. What is it and how ...

Researchers in China developed a new compressed air energy storage system that uses flooded roadways in abandoned coal mines to store compressed air and heat for nighttime power generation.

The limitations of lithium-ion batteries are prompting a search for longer-duration solutions. Compressed air energy storage (CAES) and other emerging technologies are gaining traction as safer, ...

A research group from China’s Northeast Electric Power University has proposed a novel advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage (AA-CAES) system. The proposed system utilizes a heavy load, an ...

Israeli company BaroMar is preparing to test a clever new angle on grid-level energy storage, which it says will be the cheapest way to stabilize renewable grids over longer time scales. This ...

Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) systems offer a promising approach to addressing the intermittency of renewable energy sources by utilising excess electrical power to compress air that is stored ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that the U.S. will need 700 to 900 GW of additional capacity to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. As well as natural gas and nuclear, a lot of that will ...

EU-funded researchers are looking to hot air to overcome the supply and demand issues faced by solar energy and ease the clean energy transition. By Michael Allen As the world shifts toward renewable ...

Thermo-mechanical energy storage (TMES) technologies have attracted significant attention due to their potential for grid-scale, long-duration electricity storage, offering advantages such as minimal ...

This is the Jan. 12, 2023, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. What can ...

The growth of renewable power generation is experiencing a remarkable surge worldwide. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), it is projected that by 2050, the share of wind ...