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 ...

Canadian rock legend Neil Young once wrote that rust never sleeps. Young used rust as a metaphor for artistic complacency, an ...

When there’s extra wind or solar power on the grid in the Netherlands, some of it now goes to a new type of battery made from just three components: iron, air, and water. Called an iron-air battery, ...

Explore the potential of rust batteries, specifically iron air battery technology, as a future solution for long-term energy storage. While renewable sources like solar and wind have become more ...

Chloride ions, abundant in seawater, could replace lithium in future rechargeable batteries, reducing dependence on limited lithium reserves. Leveraging chloride ions enhances the redox chemistry of ...

Cheaper batteries made from widely-available materials could help the grid transition more quickly towards renewables. Explore the 2023 list of 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch. Form Energy is ...

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 ...

Grid-scale energy storage developer Form Energy announced it is moving ahead under an agreement with Georgia Power to deploy a 15 MW/1500 MWh iron-air battery system in Georgia. The multi-day battery ...

Researchers in the U.S. have repurposed a commonplace chemical used in water treatment facilities to develop an all-liquid, iron-based redox flow battery for large-scale energy storage. Their ...

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 ...