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Energy storage

July 2024

  • Amit Gudka stands smiling for a photograph in a hi-vis vest outdoors, with two banks of electrical equipment behind him

    Observer business profile
    ‘I totally understand why people are sceptical’: the co-founder of collapsed energy giant Bulb on his new venture

    Amit Gudka is reinventing himself after the failure of his energy firm by plugging into the global battery boom

April 2024

  • An electric car parked up and plugged in at a row of charging sockets

    Global battery rollout doubled last year – but needs to be six times faster, says IEA

  • A 3D rendering of dark solar panels and wind turbines alongside a modular battery energy storage system

    Battery life
    Salt, air and bricks: could this be the future of energy storage?

January 2024

  • A video screenshot showing the fire at an e-bike workshop in Croydon on Friday

    Authorities investigate cause of fire at Sydney e-bike workshop

    Blaze broke out at Croydon building Friday morning, with firefighters highlighting risks from lithium batteries

November 2023

  • an EV charging zone sign painted on the road

    ‘Breakthrough battery’ from Sweden may cut dependency on China

    Northvolt says new lithium-free sodium-ion battery is cheaper, more sustainable and doesn’t rely on scarce raw materials

October 2023

  • Damaged lithium-ion batteries after a deadly fire at an e-bike store in New York

    Increased fire risk from charging e-bikes due to lack of battery regulation in Australia, expert says

    Explosion at Sydney hostel latest in a string of blazes believed to be linked to faulty charges on e-bikes likely caused by low-quality products

September 2023

  • A woman clears snow from her car

    How will Europe weather a second winter without gas from Russia?

  • Close up of a fire engine

    Tesla lithium battery fire hits ‘landmark’ Queensland energy project, sparking political debate

August 2023

  • Rishi Sunak at the Shell plant in Peterhead on 31 July.

    Rishi Sunak came to Scotland offering more North Sea drilling and carbon capture. We reject both

    Mary Church
    The PM clearly hasn’t grasped the opposition to his climate denial or the extent to which big oil has alienated people here, says Mary Church, head of campaigns for Friends of the Earth Scotland

May 2023

  • Lithium ore falls from a chute into a stockpile

    Australia warned of ‘over-mining’ risk in race to secure minerals needed for clean energy

    Research says mining boom to support renewable energy risks ‘significant social and environmental damage’

April 2023

  • A train crosses the River Weaver viaduct near Frodsham windfarm in Cheshire. The north already generated 50% of England’s renewable energy, the group said.

    Businesses in north of England ask ministers for help to hit net zero

    Leaders of Drax, Siemens and others call for green growth to be a priority and ‘regional disparities’ to be closed

March 2023

  • Graham Readfearn

    Temperature Check
    Russell Brand is the latest to platform climate conservative Bjørn Lomborg’s ‘reckless’ net-zero cost claims

    Graham Readfearn
  • solar farm on red earth desert

    Australia invests $4.29bn in renewable energy in December quarter, 10 times the previous three months

February 2023

  • Clive Johnson outside his home which is off-grid although a mains electric cable runs across his land.

    Dark choice for off-grid families: pay £60,000 or use a torch

  • A data centre in Marseille, France

    Recapturing excess heat could power most of Europe, say experts

  • Britishvolt plant

    Australian startup Recharge wins bid for collapsed UK battery company Britishvolt

  • An artist impression of Britishvolt’s gigaplant.

    Private equity firm in talks to buy collapsed startup Britishvolt

January 2023

  • The planned Britishvolt site in Blyth, Northumberland

    Bid by Australian startup Recharge could revive UK battery company Britishvolt

    Recharge Industries, which also plans a factory in Geelong, says nonbinding offer is in the company’s interests, as well as that of ‘our friends in the UK’
  • Wind turbines in California

    ‘No miracles needed’: Prof Mark Jacobson on how wind, sun and water can power the world

    The influential academic says renewables alone can halt climate crisis, with technologies such as carbon capture expensive wastes of time
  • Artist’s impression issued by Britishvolt of its first full-scale UK battery gigafactory in Blyth, Northumberland.

    Britishvolt: how Britain’s bright battery future fell flat

    Startup that hoped to transform UK car production was once valued at more than £800m, but collapsed worth a tiny fraction of that
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