Batteries & Energy Storage

Grid-Scale Battery Storage: Cost Issues and Deployment Projections. February 27, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Grid-Scale Battery Storage: Cost Issues and Deployment Projections

Geologic Energy Storage. March 13, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Geologic Energy Storage

Pumped Storage Hydropower: The Most Common and Lowest Emissions Intensity Long-Duration Energy Storage Technology. August 31, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Pumped Storage Hydropower: The Most Common and Lowest Emissions Intensity Long-Duration Energy Storage Technology

Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage System Degradation: The Elephant in the Arbitrage Room. October 11, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage System Degradation: The Elephant in the Arbitrage Room

Thermal Batteries for Decarbonization of Industry: Flexible and Integratable with Electrification (but new and costly with operational Issues yet to be determined). November 7, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Thermal Batteries for Decarbonization of Industry: Flexible and Integratable with Electrification (but new and costly with operational Issues yet to be determined)

Geological Thermal Energy Storage (GeoTES): Combined with Concentrated Solar or Heat Pumps: Premier Resource Management’s GeoTES Project in California and Potentially Other Areas in the Southwest U.S. June 14, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Geological Thermal Energy Storage (GeoTES): Combined with Concentrated Solar or Heat Pumps: Premier Resource Management’s GeoTES Project in California and Potentially Other Areas in the Southwest U.S.

EIA Inquiries Reveal That Arbitrage and Frequency Regulation Are the Most Common Functions of Batteries on the Power Grid. June 25, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: EIA Inquiries Reveal That Arbitrage and Frequency Regulation Are the Most Common Functions of Batteries on the Power Grid

Microgrid and Virtual Power Plant Trends and Deployment Update 2024: Toward a More Resilient Grid. July 23, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Microgrid and Virtual Power Plant Trends and Deployment Update 2024: Toward a More Resilient Grid

Sodium-Ion Batteries: China is Leading. The U.S. is Involved. Can Sodium Replace Lithium? Pros and Cons. September 13, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Sodium-Ion Batteries: China is Leading. The U.S. is Involved. Can Sodium Replace Lithium? Pros and Cons

The Energy Dome CO2 Battery: Closed Loop System Can Last 30+ Years with No Degradation. September 25, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Energy Dome CO2 Battery: Closed Loop System Can Last 30+ Years with No Degradation

Swapping EV Batteries: Ample’s New Automated Swap Model Can Benefit Urban Drivers and Fleets. October 24, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Swapping EV Batteries: Ample’s New Automated Swap Model Can Benefit Urban Drivers and Fleets

Form Energy’s Long-Duration Iron-Air Battery System: Planned Deployments and Manufacturing Expansion. October 27, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Form Energy’s Long-Duration Iron-Air Battery System: Planned Deployments and Manufacturing Expansion

Lithium-Sulfur Battery Advantages, Challenges, and Breakthroughs: Lyten Plans World’s First Li-S Gigafactory Near Reno, Nevada. October 28, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Lithium-Sulfur Battery Advantages, Challenges, and Breakthroughs: Lyten Plans World’s First Li-S Gigafactory Near Reno, Nevada

Zinc-Ion Batteries: Long Cycle Life, Scalable, Safe, Suppliable, Low Cost, and Can Replace Lithium in Stationary Storage. October 31, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Zinc-Ion Batteries: Long Cycle Life, Scalable, Safe, Suppliable, Low Cost, and Can Replace Lithium in Stationary Storage

Solid-State Batteries Inch Nearer to Mass Production Stage: CATL, BYD, Toyota, Mercedes, and Samsung are Main Players. November 10, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Solid-State Batteries Inch Nearer to Mass Production Stage: CATL, BYD, Toyota, Mercedes, and Samsung are Main Players

Panasonic’s 4680 Cylindrical Lithium-Ion Battery: How Much Will It Help EVs? November 23, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Panasonic’s 4680 Cylindrical Lithium-Ion Battery: How Much Will It Help EVs?

Battolyser: The Hybrid Green Hydrogen Electolyzer and Battery Utilizing Edison’s Nickel-Iron Prototype. December 3, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Battolyser: The Hybrid Green Hydrogen Electolyzer and Battery Utilizing Edison’s Nickel-Iron Prototype

Heavy Duty Electrification: Benefits, Risks, Strategies, Logistics, and Forecasts. January 25, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0

Big Grid-Scale Battery System Trends: New Data and Analysis from Bloomberg. January 25, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Big Grid-Scale Battery System Trends: New Data and Analysis from Bloomberg

Rare Earth Mineral Recycling Harvests Used Batteries and Decommissioned Hard Drives from Data Centers to Help Offset Tariff-Constrained Supply from China. April 22, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Rare Earth Mineral Recycling Harvests Used Batteries and Decommissioned Hard Drives from Data Centers to Help Offset Tariff-Constrained Supply from China

The Chinese Circular Economy for New-Energy Waste: Battery and Solar Recycling Systems and Their Optimization. May 12, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Chinese Circular Economy for New-Energy Waste: Battery and Solar Recycling Systems and Their Optimization

Advanced Clean Energy Storage Delta Project in Utah Set to Burn Natural Gas and Hydrogen and Store Them in Salt Dome Caverns Below a Former Coal-Fired Plant Site. June 5, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Advanced Clean Energy Storage Delta Project in Utah Set to Burn Natural Gas and Hydrogen and Store Them in Salt Dome Caverns Below a Former Coal-Fired Plant Site

Hybrid (HEV) vs. Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) vs. Battery Electric (BEV): Cost, Incentives, and Emissions Comparisons. June 7, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Hybrid (HEV) vs. Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) vs. Battery Electric (BEV): Cost, Incentives, and Emissions Comparisons

AI Modeling Finds Molecules That Can Rejuvenate Dead Batteries. June 13, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: AI Modeling Finds Molecules That Can Rejuvenate Dead Batteries

Fermi America’s Amarillo Hypergrid: Rick Perry and Texas Tech Aim to Make the World’s Largest Energy and AI Data Center Campus Using Nuclear, Solar, Natural Gas, Batteries, and Wind. June 27, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Fermi America’s Amarillo Hypergrid: Rick Perry and Texas Tech Aim to Make the World’s Largest Energy and AI Data Center Campus Using Nuclear, Solar, Natural Gas, Batteries, and Wind

Flywheel Battery Hybrids: Pairing High-Speed Flywheels with Lithium-Iron-Phosphate Batteries for Grid Stability: A Growing Trend. August 20, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Flywheel Battery Hybrids: Pairing High-Speed Flywheels with Lithium-Iron-Phosphate Batteries for Grid Stability: A Growing Trend

Geomechanical Energy Storage Via Pressurized Water in Oil & Gas Wells: Quidnet Energy Gets Good Results. August 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Geomechanical Energy Storage Via Pressurized Water in Oil & Gas Wells: Quidnet Energy Gets Good Results

Redox Flow Batteries: Innovations and Projects: Vanadium Flow Batteries Show Grid Storage and Overgeneration Management Capabilities: EV-Powering Other Potential Apps. September 11, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Redox Flow Batteries: Innovations and Projects: Vanadium Flow Batteries Show Grid Storage and Overgeneration Management Capabilities: EV-Powering Other Potential Apps

Liquid Air Energy Storage, aka. Cryogenic Energy Storage, aka. Air Liquefaction: Potential for Long Duration Storage and Renewables Integration, and New Korean Design Innovations. September 20, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Liquid Air Energy Storage, aka. Cryogenic Energy Storage, aka. Air Liquefaction: Potential for Long Duration Storage and Renewables Integration, and New Korean Design Innovations

Underground Pumped Hydro Energy Storage: Chinese Researchers Evaluate Henan Province Coal Mines for Pumped Hydro Potential: Scientific Paper Review & Summary. September 30, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Underground Pumped Hydro Energy Storage: Chinese Researchers Evaluate Henan Province Coal Mines for Pumped Hydro Potential: Scientific Paper Review & Summary

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