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Hydrogen embrittlement in ferritic steels creates complications for clean energy storage, transportation

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APT combines a field ion microscope with a mass spectrometer to enable 3D imaging and chemical composition measurements at the atomic scale, even for light elements such as hydrogen. The researchers highlighted several combinations of techniques and methods, including atom probe tomography (APT). Ling Martin, Matthew Connolly, Frank W.

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Cornell team suggests engineered bacteria could address current limitations of energy storage technologies

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Raising the penetration of renewable —an intermittent—sources of energy into the grid will require large scale electrical energy storage and retrieval. However, at present, no existing technology provides such storage and retrieval at a low financial and environmental cost.

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PNNL study finds 2028 grid resource adequacy likely sufficient for high EV penetration; managed charging strategies can double adequacy

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A new study of the impact of high EV adoption on the Western US power grid by a team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has found that 2028 grid resource adequacy—from generation through transmission—is likely to be sufficient for high EV penetration. Storage is used in California to meet the peaks set by EVs.

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Researchers use quantum computing method to optimize molecular photoswitches for solar energy harvesting

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The procedure was based on a dataset of more than 400,000 molecules, which the researchers screened to find the optimum molecular structure for solar energy storage materials. At present, solar energy is either used directly to generate electricity, or indirectly via the energy stored in heat reservoirs. 202309543

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NSF awards UCSD team $39M to improve integration of distributed energy resources into grid; EV batteries also

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At the other end of the grid, electric vehicles need charging for only a certain amount of time every day, and when not in use could be used as temporary batteries to store energy from renewables. It will also entail the construction of a new energy storage testing facility on the East Campus.

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UC Irvine study concludes intelligent PEV charging can minimize scale of stationary energy storage needed to meet renewable targets

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They found that for an 80% RPS in 2050, immediate charging of PEVs requires the installation of an aggregate energy storage system with a power capacity of 60% of the installed renewable capacity and an energy capacity of 2.3% With vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging, non-vehicle energy storage systems are no longer required.

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Report: VW invests in novel energy storage company QuantumScape and its solid-state “All Electron Battery”

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In the AEB, energy storage is via the movement of electrons in bulk rather than ions (as in Li-ion batteries) and uses electron/hole redox instead of capacitive polarization of a double-layer (e.g., conventional capacitors). roughly the same as the target. Source: Stanford. Click to enlarge. Batteries'