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More than a century since humans learned to fly, we need to revolutionise how we stay up there.
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry rewarded crucial advances in these small, powerful, easy to charge batteries.
Electric cars are hot, yet their global market penetration remains less than 0.5% of all vehicles. Research points the way to key questions to ask when building new markets.
Phosphorene nanoribbons are like tagliatelle, but carry the potential to boost battery capacity by 50%.
With further technology required and practical uncertainties, time is running out for them to be useful in the fight against climate change.
Labor would aim for a new threshold under a revamp of the existing safeguards mechanism of 25,000 tonnes of direct CO2 pollution annually, which would be phased in after consultation with industry.
Energy storage could prove an inexpensive way for power companies to handle heat waves and other times when consumers use more electricity than usual.
It’s unclear exactly what mix of technologies will drive the zero-emission vehicles of the future. But in terms of ‘well-to-wheel’ efficiency, electric batteries outperform hydrogen.
A year ago, the world’s largest lithium-ion battery began dispatching power to South Australia’s grid. It has been a remarkable success but there are some concerns that have so far escaped scrutiny
The battery technology and cooling systems needed for electric aircraft to lift people and cargo are getting closer to reality, but they’re still very different from electric cars and trucks.
Federal Labor has promised to give rebates of up to $2,000 to 100,000 households to install batteries to store power from solar panels. Is this good energy policy, or just middle-class welfare?
Is it too much to dream of batteries that are part of the structure of an item, helping to shape the form of a smartphone, car or building while also powering its functions?
Paper-based devices with foldable, biodegradable batteries provide a new way to reduce electronic waste. But how would these new gadgets work?
We take salt water for granted, and often overlook how important it is for our own lives and in sustaining a healthy planet.
Taking millions of gallons of water permanently out of the Colorado River amid a prolonged drought would surely start an interstate fight.
The hydrogen economy has been touted for decades as a way to navigate the clean energy transition. Now a new CSIRO roadmap sets out how hydrogen power can become a major energy player.
Parents, carers and doctors need to be aware of button batteries in toys and household devices and ensure they can’t be ingested.
Electric cars and smartphones have created growing demand – and volatile prices – for once obscure metals.
Saving power to use later lets consumers, businesses and utilities generate energy when it’s cheap and deliver it when they need it most. There’s not much of it today, but the industry is growing fast.
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Director of Energy Lancaster and Professor of Physical Chemistry, Lancaster University
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Research Group Leader & Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs, Penn State
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Co-Founder at Relectrify | Graduated PhD in Battery Storage, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Senior Research Fellow, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University
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Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Kyoto University
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Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Associate Professor in Energy and Power Systems; Co-Director - Future Energy, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Energy Technology, University of Southampton
