The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) is the most active power pool in Africa. It is made up of 12 countries and home to 360 million people. The total installed generation capacity in the region is 80 GW. The peak demand in the region is 57 GW, however the available ... [continued] The post Ramping Up Distributed Renewables Could Help Solve Perennial...

New long duration, large scale compressed air energy storage system leverages simple water pressure to cut costs. The post Long Duration Energy Storage From Thin Air: Just Add Water appeared first on CleanTechnica.

An Argonne partnership with a Minnesota mining company is taking waste from one battery production process and using it in another. Researchers investigate how to use mining waste in battery production. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is developing a new process that could dramatically increase the ... [continued]...

With growing urban populations and increases in cars, trucks and buses, cities are poised to experience more harmful pollution threatening people’s health and livelihoods. But some cities around the world are turning to an emerging solution called zero-emission zones (ZEZs). These are designated small areas of about 1.5 square miles to 11 square miles...

A few years ago, Electrify America announced a “Boost Plan” that aims to more than double the number of stations and chargers by the end of 2025. Serious hardware problems got in the way of that plan, forcing the company to slow down. But another recent announcement shows us that ... [continued] The post Electrify America Turns Back To Growth appeared...

Urban pavements, which help to maintain clean and secure streets, generate large amounts of runoff that aggravate flooding and degrade the quality of surface water. In the context of the ecological and climatic crisis, they also contribute to the creation of heat islands in cities, less water infiltration, less CO2 storage ... [continued] The post...