Technology
Home Batteries That One Cloud Can Switch Off
The Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure warns that the shared cloud back ends behind home batteries, inverters and heat pumps could threaten grid stability, a risk EU rules only partly address.
Hydrogen-Iron Battery at Europe's Largest Wind Farm
Dutch developer Elestor is installing a 20 MW/200–800 MWh hydrogen-iron flow battery at Windpark Zeewolde, as both market sentiment towards the technology and the management of Dutch grid congestion enter a new phase.
Green Hydrogen Gets Greener
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a perovskite catalyst that can split water into hydrogen at temperatures up to 500 °C lower than current processes – a step closer to cheap hydrogen from industrial waste heat.
World's First Floating Power Plant Feeds Singapore's Grid
Seatrium's remotely controlled floating platform has delivered electricity to Singapore's power grid for the first time, paving the way for a new type of offshore energy infrastructure.
The Solar Panel Revolution
In three decades, photovoltaics has gone from a laboratory curiosity to the world's cheapest source of energy – but the real breakthrough is still ahead.
The Battery Wall, Blooming Wastewater and the Power-Generating Window
Researchers offer three eco-friendly innovations that, if widely adopted, could significantly improve the efficiency of energy generation and wastewater treatment.