Category Archives: Battery Technology Energy Storage Solutions

Increasingly, demands for energy storage to keep operating everything from AI computer center operations, electric vehicles, and commercial and residential emergency backup systems is on the rise. Innovative solutions that address improved energy density batteries and storage cells using renewable energy systems and exotic chemistries in on the rise.

DOE Battery Projects – Securing Domestic Lithium Independence

DOE Battery Projects

DOE battery projects involving development of domestic mining, mineral processing, and battery manufacturing is receiving federal government support. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans to distribute over $3 billion to fund more than two dozen battery-related projects across 14 states. Accordingly, this investment supports U.S. strategic independence of lithium battery production and includes battery […]

Sustainable Mining of Minerals from Sea Water and Waste Brine

Sustainable Mining of Minerals

Innovative companies like Magrathea Metals in Oakland, California, are pioneering a maintainable approach to sustainable mining of minerals from ocean water and waste brines. Instead of relying on traditional land disturbance mining, they’re turning to extracting critical metals from seawater like magnesium and lithium. This approach addresses economic and environmental concerns and strengthens national security […]

Lithium Mining: Environmental and Social Impact of Mineral Extraction

Lithium mineral presentation in periodic table, ore, and batteries

Lithium mining is becoming the gold rush of the 21st century. Lithium is in high demand as consumers gravitate to electric vehicles and power banks that store electricity generated from solar panels and wind turbines. Picture this, a vast expanse of 750,000 acres in the middle of Chile’s Atacama Desert. Vibrant blue and yellow ponds […]

UT Dallas Battery Initiative Funded by $30 Million Dept. of Defense Grant

Battery research leading to advanced energy storage.

UT Dallas Battery initiative funded by DoD is a three-year award for creating a prototype Energy Storage Systems Campus. The research facility shall be called the Batteries and Energy to Advance Commercialization and National Security (BEACONS) Center. Project goals are “to develop and commercialize new battery technologies and manufacturing processes, enhance the domestic availability of […]

Mercury Free Products. Batteries and LED Lighting from EcoCentricNow

Mercury Free Products Thawing Permafrost

Mercury Free Products include Batteries and LED Lighting Mercury free products were uncommon until the 1990’s. If you’re old enough you may remember the days in science class when a glob of mercury was available to push around the table. Those days are gone and for good reason. A naturally occurring element, mercury is listed […]