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Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

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We are transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, and the use of energy storage is becoming more widespread. And with the popularity of electric vehicles, the grid is under more and more pressure, so the demand for energy storage is growing. Battery storage.

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Faraday Institution to award up to £55M to five consortia for energy storage research

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The new projects in four focus areas join the existing Faraday Institution research projects that collectively aim to deliver the organisation’s mission to accelerate breakthroughs in energy storage technologies to benefit the UK in the global race to electrification. Next generation sodium ion batteries–NEXGENNA.

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ORNL advancing LDH sorbent to recover lithium from geothermal brine wastes

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The United States imported 4,000 metric tons of lithium in 2018, according to the US Geological Survey, a figure expected to grow exponentially. The more versatile the sorbent is, the more options there are for industry to supply the lithium we’re going to need for energy storage.

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