Battery experts can generate a charge out of about anything these days. Form Energy is adding rust to the list. Experts developed iron-air batteries that can use the chemistry that occurs when metal ...

Novi, Michigan-based battery startup Our Next Energy (ONE) started off this week on a major down note by laying off about one-quarter of its staff. The layoffs came as the company seeks to preserve ...

There’s an exciting new development in the global race to discover next-gen battery tech. Iron-air batteries are finally ready to be tested in real-world applications, with major disruptive potential ...

The federal government is making a $389 million investment in New England's power grid, with an emphasis on better storing and transmitting renewable energy throughout the region. It will use the ...

Groundbreaking for Form Energy's iron-air battery manufacturing facility.Pictured left to right: Secretary Mitch Carmichael, West Virginia Department of Economic Development Secretary; Mateo Jaramillo ...

We've long relied on lithium-ion batteries for long-term energy storage, but they can be expensive to produce and maintain over the years. California-based startup Inlyte wants to offer a scalable ...

General Motors is following a handful of other automakers and battery firms in developing mixed-chemistry battery packs for electric vehicles. GM laid out its version of this concept in a patent ...

Mateo Jaramillo was giving me his spiel about his battery company when he mentioned, in passing, that the battery was “not super efficient.” Oh. So that’s bad, right? Not in this case, said Jaramillo, ...

Lithium batteries dominate today’s rechargeable battery market, and while they have been wildly successful, challenges with lithium have spurred research into alternative chemistries that can improve ...

I was pleased to read the guest column in the Sept. 28 issue of The Tribune by Karl Hoesly, "Advanced tech, partnerships clear way for clean energy future." In his column, Hoesly stated that The ...

For an electric grid that plugs into lots of wind turbines and solar panels, coping when the wind dies and the sun sets requires long-lasting batteries. With the heavy demand for lithium-based ...

Lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO 4) is a compound salt with an olivine (LiMPO 4) structure that has a particular application in battery cathodes. The substance was first reported in the chemical ...