The increasing reliance on renewable energy sources like solar and wind power necessitates the development of robust and efficient energy storage solutions. Various energy storage technologies, ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that the U.S. will need 700 to 900 GW of additional capacity to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. As well as natural gas and nuclear, a lot of that will ...

Be it springs for absorbing energy, buffers for mechanical energy storage, or flexible structures in robotics or energy-efficient machines: Storage of mechanical energy is required for many ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 7: Affordable & Clean Energy, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and SDG 13: Climate Action. The fields of energy conversion and storage are ...

Explore the resurgence of flywheel energy storage systems in "How This Mechanical Battery is Making a Comeback." The Dinglun Flywheel Energy Storage Power Station, with a capacity of 30 MW, is likely ...

Researchers at the Inner Mongolia University of Technology in China have developed a new lifecycle parameter that can reportedly help increase coordinated control and service life in flywheel energy ...

The limitations of lithium-ion batteries are prompting a search for longer-duration solutions. Compressed air energy storage (CAES) and other emerging technologies are gaining traction as safer, ...

China has connected to the grid its first large-scale standalone flywheel energy storage project in Shanxi Province’s city of Changzhi. The Dinglun Flywheel Energy Storage Power Station broke ground ...

SplashValve utilizes capacitor charging and discharging to spread power demand, reducing peak current requirements and enabling smaller power supplies. It operates with a 90-degree bi-directional ...

An international research team has developed mechanical metamaterials with a high elastic energy density. Highly twisted rods that deform helically provide these metamaterials with a high stiffness ...