When there’s extra wind or solar power on the grid in the Netherlands, some of it now goes to a new type of battery made from just three components: iron, air, and water. Called an iron-air battery, ...

There’s an exciting new development in the global race to discover next-gen battery tech. Iron-air batteries are finally ready to be tested in real-world applications, with major disruptive potential ...

Mateo Jaramillo was giving me his spiel about his battery company when he mentioned, in passing, that the battery was “not super efficient.” Oh. So that’s bad, right? Not in this case, said Jaramillo, ...

A clean energy company accidentally discovered a technology using iron-air batteries that could decarbonize the steel industry. Form Energy's battery purifies iron ore for steelmaking with a ...

An iron-air battery that stores and releases energy through a reversible rusting process has become the first of its kind to connect with a public electricity grid. On 30 July, the startup Ore Energy ...

Form ramps up production of its cheap batteries for long-term storage that aim to make renewable energy more viable. Form Energy is out to make long-term storage of renewable energy, like solar and ...

Startup Form Energy's first factory to produce iron-air energy storage batteries at a former Weirton, W. Va., steel mill site was completed in September, with an expansion now underway. As it expands ...

As low-cost iron-air batteries enter commercial production, they promise to make utility-scale wind and solar power even more competitive with fossil-derived electricity. Low-cost iron-air cells, ...

The novel iron-air battery system will store 8,500 megawatt-hours of energy once it is completed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Researchers have developed a novel method to transform commercially available warm pastes into functional iron-air batteries for emergency power generation. The technology redirects the chemical ...

Iron-air batteries use a reversible rusting process to store and release electricity using abundant materials like iron and water. These “100-hour batteries” could solve renewable energy’s biggest ...