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Solving renewable energy’s sticky storage problem
When the Sun doesn’t shine and the wind is calm, humankind still needs power.
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Batteries, Climate, energy storage, EnerVenue, fundraising, Scoop, Startups, Tech Industry, Tech NewsNovel battery manufacturer EnerVenue is raising $515M, per filing
Read more: Novel battery manufacturer EnerVenue is raising $515M, per filingThe company is in the process of building a gigawatt-scale factory in Kentucky to produce its nickel-hydrogen batteries. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Storing energy with compressed air is about to have its moment of truth
Read more: Storing energy with compressed air is about to have its moment of truthTechnology will be used to store wind and solar energy for use later.
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Alsym wants to ‘light up homes for a billion people’ with its new battery
Read more: Alsym wants to ‘light up homes for a billion people’ with its new batteryThe battery startup has raised $78 million to bring its alternative to lithium-ion cells to everything from scooters to steel mills. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Photoncycle targets low-cost energy storage with a clever hydrogen solution
Read more: Photoncycle targets low-cost energy storage with a clever hydrogen solutionFor years, the solar energy sector has grappled with interseasonal energy storage. The ability to harness the surplus solar energy of summer months for use during the winter has remained an elusive goal, with existing solutions like batteries falling s…
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Three breakthroughs that earned Fourth Power its $19M Series A
Read more: Three breakthroughs that earned Fourth Power its $19M Series AA new type of thermal battery could store intermittent wind and solar energy. It forms the basis of a new company, Fourth Power. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Inlyte Energy reels in $8M seed round to revive a 50-year-old battery technology
Read more: Inlyte Energy reels in $8M seed round to revive a 50-year-old battery technologyWith some tweaks, the company believes it can make cells while still maintaining the chemistry’s longevity and energy density. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Harvest Thermal taps $4M seed round to make heat pumps cheaper to run
Read more: Harvest Thermal taps $4M seed round to make heat pumps cheaper to runThe team came up with a system that integrated a heat pump and a hot water storage tank with a pod that turns the system into a thermal battery. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Over 300 gigafactories will make tomorrow’s EVs. We mapped them all.
Read more: Over 300 gigafactories will make tomorrow’s EVs. We mapped them all.Venture capitalists and private equity firms have invested over $40 billion into battery technology startups, and some of those investments are now coming to fruition. Over 300 gigafactories will make tomorrow’s EVs. We mapped them all. by Miranda Halpern originally published on TechCrunch
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Why so many gigafactories? It’s not just EVs driving demand
Read more: Why so many gigafactories? It’s not just EVs driving demandThe automotive sector’s ups and downs can make big bets hard to place. And yet the money keeps flowing. What’s behind the bravado? Why so many gigafactories? It’s not just EVs driving demand by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
