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  1. US ROUNDUP: BESS projects: Spearmint, Polaris, and Clearway

    US ROUNDUP: BESS projects: Spearmint, Polaris, and Clearway – Energy-Storage.News
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    #Energy #BESS #clearway #energystorage #Polaris #polarisrenewableenergy #PuertoRico #solar-plus-storage #spearmintenergy #Texas #USA #Utah
    europesays.com/2986352/

  2. The battery miracle online is doing the most

    All-solid-state battery diagram by Luca Bertoli, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

    Dear Cherubs, the internet has once again discovered a battery so perfect it sounds like it came from a pitch deck written by a caffeinated intern and approved by gravity itself. The specific 90-second charge, 99.7% storage retention, and 5,000-cycle package circulating online was not verifiable from primary sources I checked, so the smart move is to treat it as a viral claim, not a finished breakthrough.

    Reality check

    What is real is the bigger trend: solid-state batteries replace the flammable liquid electrolyte used in conventional lithium-ion cells with a solid ion conductor, which can improve safety and potentially raise energy density. MIT has been making that case for years, while also pointing out that the interface between materials is still the part where the dream gets stuck in traffic.

    That interface problem is not a footnote. MIT’s recent coverage says solid-state cells are still plagued by dendrites that can short-circuit the battery, and a 2020 MIT review lays out the rest of the mess: chemical stability, mechanical stability, processing, and long-term performance. In other words, the field is advancing, just not in the magical “plug in for 90 seconds and disappear for six months” way social media likes to sell it.

    DOE’s battery overview says solid-state batteries can be safer because they are less prone to leakage from damage or swelling in hot temperatures, but it also notes that some designs still use a little liquid at the cathode to reduce interfacial resistance. Translation: progress, yes. Fairy dust, no.

    Why it matters

    The good news is that the field is moving. In 2025, Stellantis and Factorial Energy said they validated automotive-sized solid-state cells with 375 Wh/kg energy density and fast charging from 15% to 90% in 18 minutes, with a demonstration fleet planned for 2026. That is not “two-minute EV charging,” but it is a serious step forward, which is how real engineering usually behaves when nobody is trying to go viral.

    So the right takeaway is not that battery problems have been solved. It is that researchers keep making the hard part less impossible. If the viral post was pointing at a real advance, it was probably one brick in a wall, not the wall itself. The upside is still huge: safer packs, longer life, and faster charging. The downside is that physics remains deeply committed to being inconvenient.

    Sources:
    MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering — https://dmse.mit.edu/news/why-solid-state-batteries-keep-short-circuiting/
    MIT News — https://news.mit.edu/2017/toward-solid-lithium-batteries-0202
    MIT Review PDF — https://ecm.mit.edu/pubs/articles/10.1002_aenm.202002689.pdf
    U.S. Department of Energy — https://www.energy.gov/cmei/ammto/breaking-it-down-next-generation-batteries
    U.S. Department of Energy — https://www.energy.gov/cmei/ammto/breaking-it-down-next-generation-batteries
    Stellantis — https://www.stellantis.com/en/news/press-releases/2025/april/stellantis-and-factorial-energy-reach-key-milestone-in-solid-state-battery-development
    Wikimedia Commons image source — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All-Solid-State_Battery.png

    The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #batterySafety #batteryTechnology #cleanEnergy #climateChange #electricVehicles #energy #energyStorage #fastCharging #lithiumIon #mit #renewableEnergy #research #solidStateBatteries #sustainability #technology
  3. Anode Foil Coatings Market Growth Outlook to 2035 Driven by Energy Storage and Miniaturization – News and Statistics

    Abstract According to the latest IndexBox report on the global Anode Foil Coatings market, the market enters 2026…
    #Energy #2035 #aluminumelectrolyticcapacitors #anodefoilcoatings #Asia-pacific #conductivepolymercoatings #energystorage #EVdemand #lithiumionbatteries #marketforecast #Supercapacitors
    europesays.com/2976829/

  4. Axpo and R.Power sign 300MW BESS deal in Poland

    Axpo Group has finalised a multi-year contract with R.Power to optimise the operations of a 300MW/1,200MW-hour (MWh) battery…
    #Poland #Polska #PL #Europe #Europa #EU #Axpo #batteryenergystoragesystem #BESS #CentralandEasternEurope #energystorage
    europesays.com/poland/5041/

  5. How 2,000 Tons Of #Sand Stores 100 Megawatt-Hours And Slashes Carbon Emissions 70%

    By John Koetsier, Apr 14, 2026,

    "#PolarNight is doubling its size with a new 250 megawatt-hour facility in Vaaksy, #Finland, which will output 2 megawatts of energy consistently. That newer and bigger battery will use only slightly more sand – 2,400 tons – because the #SandBattery’s design renders it more efficient with size. What will become the new world’s largest sand battery is already under construction and is scheduled for completion in summer 2027."

    Read more:
    forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/NklmC

    #SolarPunkSunday #SandBatteries #EnergyStorage

  6. European Energy Storage Milestone: 1 GWh+ Projects Advance in Six Countries – News and Statistics

    May 2, 2026 Energy storage projects with a combined capacity exceeding 1GWh have moved forward in several European…
    #Europe #EU #1GWh #batterystorageprojects #BESS #energystorage #European #Finland #flower #Germany #GoldbeckSolar #Italy #longi #Netherlands #Poland #re:cap #Slovakia #SPP #Tavion
    europesays.com/europe/29193/

  7. Europe Embraces Energy Storage to Enhance Power Flexibility

    Europe is a top market for deployments of energy storage, as companies expand investment for the technology. A…
    #Energy #BESS #energystorage #Europe
    europesays.com/2958454/

  8. Europe Embraces Energy Storage to Enhance Power Flexibility

    Europe is a top market for deployments of energy storage, as companies expand investment for the technology. A…
    #Europe #EU #BESS #energystorage #European
    europesays.com/europe/28322/

  9. With Underground Thermal #EnergyStorage, or simply "#Geothermal Storage", bulk quantities of hot or cold water gets stored underground with modest energy leakage.

    A very salient use case is using #Solar powered heat pumps during summer to heat up water for geothermal storage. Then during winter, this hot water can be tapped to heat homes and #DistrictHeating networks. This is #SeasonalEnergyStorage for solar.

    Renewable heat displaces gas.

    #Energy #EnergyTransition
    thinkgeoenergy.com/underground

  10. NGEN, Uniper break ground on 100 MWh battery system in Germany

    Slovenian energy solutions provider NGEN and German energy company Uniper have held a groundbreaking ceremony for a battery…
    #Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #balancing #batteries #battery #batteryenergystoragesystems #BEF2026 #BESS #coal-firedpowerplant #curtailment #Energystorage #energytransition #flexibility #grid #ngen #NorthSea #RomanBernard #solar #Uniper #wind
    europesays.com/germany/5318/

  11. Slovenian TAB plans to develop its own sodium-ion batteries

    Slovenian battery manufacturer TAB, which started producing lithium-ion battery energy storage systems two years ago, now plans to…
    #Slovenia #SI #Europe #Europa #EU #batteries #battery #BatteryEnergyStorageSystems #batterystorage #BESS #Criticalrawmaterials #energystorage #Lithium #lithium-ionbattery #Novice #slovenia #Slovenija #sodium-ionbattery
    europesays.com/2905045/

  12. Sodium‑ion batteries offer a practical and sustainable route to large‑scale energy storage: lower material costs, improved safety, and strong potential for grid and stationary storage. Our latest blog outlines the technology, market prospects, and remaining technical hurdles. Dive deeper: wix.to/DuZqVXI

    #SodiumIon
    #EnergyStorage
    #RenewableEnergy
    #Sustainability
    #CleanTech

  13. NGEN commissions 9.4 MW Tesla Megapack battery storage system in Poland

    Poland got its second utility-scale battery storage installation, as NGEN built a 9.4 MW facility in the country’s…
    #Poland #Polska #PL #Europe #Europa #EU #Aktualności #batteries #batterystorage #electricity #energystorage #energytransition #NGEN #poland #polska #tesla
    europesays.com/2893364/

  14. #suckerberg spend 80 billion on #bullshit what an #idiot the biggest #idiots earn the most #money and the biggest #bullshit get's the most #investment instead of investing into real #innovation and the #progress of #mankind
    i guess i gonna go shoot some virtual bullets at some dumb as fuck virtual robots on a #PC running on #solar during the day but on #fossilfuels at night because those #genius #billionaires get to blow money on #bullshit instead of funding #battery #energystorage #research

  15. NGEN Group breaks ground in Austria for one of Europe’s largest energy storage facilities

    NGEN Austria has launched works on an 85 MW / 170 MWh battery energy storage system in Wagenham,…
    #Europe #EU #batteries #batterystorage #DejanParavan #Electricity #energystorage #energytransition #interconnections #NGEN
    europesays.com/europe/2065/

  16. Romania’s Alive Capital Signs 2.5 GWh Battery Storage Deal with Sieyuan Electric

    Romania-based energy services firm Alive Capital has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese equipment manufacturer…
    #Romania #RO #Europe #Europa #EU #AliveCapital #BatteryEnergyStorageSystems #BESS #energystorage #GiacomoBilli #romania #SieyuanElectric #stiri #ZhangLiangdong
    europesays.com/2865552/

  17. #SodiumIonBatteries offer an alternative to tricky #lithium

    Oct 26th 2023

    Excerpt: "Fortunately, lithium is not the only game in town. As we report this week, a clutch of firms are making batteries based on sodium, lithium’s elemental cousin. Since sodium’s chemical properties are very similar to those of lithium, it too makes for good batteries. And sodium, which is found in the salt in #seawater, is thousands of times more abundant on Earth than lithium and cheaper to get at. Most of the companies using sodium to make batteries today are also Chinese. But pursuing the technology in the West might be a surer route to energy security than relying heavily on lithium.

    "Besides its abundance, sodium has other advantages. The best lithium batteries use #cobalt and #nickel in their electrodes. Nickel, like lithium, is in short supply. #Mining it on land is #EnvironmentallyDestructive. Proposals to grab it from the #seabed instead have caused rows. A good deal of the world’s cobalt, meanwhile, is extracted from small mines in the #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo, where #ChildLabour is common and working conditions are dire. Sodium batteries, by contrast, can use #electrodes built from #iron and #manganese [and wood #lignin], which are plentiful and uncontroversial. Since the chemical components are cheap, a scaled-up industry should be able to produce batteries that cost less than their lithium counterparts.

    "Sodium is not a perfect replacement for lithium. It is heavier, meaning sodium batteries will weigh more than lithium ones of an equivalent capacity. That is likely to rule them out in some cases where lightness is paramount. But for other applications, such as #GridStorage or #HomeBatteries, weight is irrelevant. Several Chinese carmakers are even beginning to put sodium batteries in #ElectricVehicles."

    Read more:
    economist.com/leaders/2023/10/

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/7x6JX

    #SolarPunkSunday #EnergyStorage #SodiumIon #NewTechnology #GiantLeap #Reuse #WasteReuse #NoLithiumMining #NoMining

  18. Fast-charging #SodiumIon battery uses anodes made from trees

    By C.C. Weiss
    June 09, 2024

    "A month after #NatronEnergy began its first-of-kind sodium-ion battery mass production, Swedish sodium-ion developer #Altris has identified a means of making the LithiumFree batteries even more sustainable. Together with partner #StoraEnso, it's adapting tree pulp-sourced carbon toward use as an anode material.

    "A byproduct of wood pulp manufacturing, #lignin has long been investigated for possible use as a more sustainable electrode material. Finnish renewable materials company Stora Enso made headlines in 2022 when it partnered up with Swedish battery manufacturer #Northvolt toward using its proprietary #Lignode material in lithium-ion battery anodes. Stora Enso describes Lignode as a hard carbon material refined from lignin.

    "By teaming with Altris, Stora Enso looks to go even more sustainable while further localizing the European battery supply chain. As we looked at when Natron Energy kicked off production a few weeks ago, sodium-ion batteries eliminate the need for rare minerals like lithium, cobalt and nickel, relying on abundant sodium that can be sourced locally without harmful #mining. "

    Read more:
    newatlas.com/energy/wood-based

    #SolarPunkSunday #EnergyStorage #SodiumIonBatteries #NewTechnology #GiantLeap #Reuse #WasteReuse

  19. New method converts old phones and paper industry #waste into #GreenBattery tech

    Scientists have created a sustainable, cost-effective, and highly efficient solution that promotes a #CircularEconomy while supporting the transition to greener #EnergyStorage.

    By
    Mrigakshi Dixit
    Feb 20, 2026 06:59 AM EST

    "A new sustainable method turns discarded #MobilePhoneBatteries and industrial lignin into a powerhouse material for #SodiumIon batteries.

    "It is a stunning example of circular economy innovation. Rather than letting these materials sit in #landfills or go up in smoke, the team from China is giving the waste a high-tech second life.

    "When tested as a sodium-ion battery anode, this composite of #nickel-#cobalt sulfides and #lignin-derived carbon delivered electrochemical results."

    Read more:
    interestingengineering.com/ene

    #SolarPunkSunday #CellPhoneBatteries #Reuse #SodiumIonBatteries #NewTechnology #GiantLeap #EWaste #EWasteRecycling #EWasteReuse

  20. REVEALED: The FIRST EVs To Get Sodium Batteries
    The lithium-free revolution has officially hit the production line. We reveal the specific models that are swapping expensive lithium for abundant sodium. These batteries promise better cold-weather performance and a significantly lower price tag for entry-level EVs.
    #SodiumBattery #EVTech #BatteryRevolution #GreenTech #LithiumFree #EnergyStorage #Innovation
    the-automotive-channel.com/rev

  21. If anyone with some CFD/CAD experience was wanting to contribute to our open-source battery project at fbrc.dev, this would be a great way - the Forner-Cuenca group at TU/E released some software for modeling porous electrodes in flow batteries, if it could be adapted to our geometry, we could reduce pressure drop/improve flow uniformity, etc. Forum post with relevant links here: fbrc.nodebb.com/post/591

    #CAD #CFD #electrochemistry #batteries #EnergyStorage

  22. RE: infosec.exchange/@isotopp/1160

    Indeed the similarity of those two is striking. I'm very much interested to see how this evolves together with the existing DSOs and TSOs. And if the opportunities of finally leveraging decentralization of supply will be realized.
    In that case local energy exchange P2P-style payment becomes more interesting as well. There have been projects such as Project Origin by Danish Energinet (project-origin.github.io/docs/) that could become more interesting in those cases.

    #kraftnett #energinet #tso #dso #energystorage #energysupply #decentralization

  23. Harbinger separates its proven truck battery tech into a dedicated, tariff-free U.S. manufacturing unit. Airstream becomes the first OEM partner, adding high-capacity, silent packs to its RV line. This pure-play approach may accelerate domestic battery adoption. #BatteryTech #EnergyStorage 🤖 - Powered by FG