Battery Storage

MIT - Self Healing and CO₂ ‑ Sucking Batteries

MIT’s “Self‑Healing, CO₂‑Sucking Batteries”? The Breakthrough Everyone’s Talking About – Here’s What’s Real and What’s Next

The idea in one line A new class of battery‑like CO₂ capture systems from MIT and self‑healing battery materials from MIT point to a future where electrochemical energy devices both fix themselves and remove carbon—but today they are distinct advances on a
October 12, 2025
Backup Batteries vs Generators

Backup Batteries vs Generators: The Ultimate Showdown for Home, RV, and Off-Grid Power

Advantages and Disadvantages Backup Batteries – Advantages: Battery-based backups (including whole-home batteries like the Tesla Powerwall and portable “solar generators” with solar charging) offer clean and quiet power. They produce no tailpipe emissions and can be safely used indoors (no carbon monoxide
October 6, 2025
Backup power for home
Your Electric car could be a Home Battery

Stop Buying a Home Battery? Your EV Could Be a 60–100 kWh Backup Powerhouse — The 2025 Roundup of Bidirectional Chargers (V2H, V2G & V2L)

Bidirectional EV chargers: your EV as the ultimate home backup battery What “bidirectional” really means In North America, UL 9741 defines safety for bidirectional EV power export equipment and references UL 1741/IEEE 1547 for grid interaction—the same framework used for solar and
October 4, 2025
Solar Panels vs. Wind Turbines

Home Energy Face-Off: Solar Panels vs. Wind Turbines – And the Surprising Third Option Experts Recommend

Key Facts Efficiency per Dollar Spent On a per-dollar basis, rooftop solar today almost always beats small wind for homes. DOE cost models peg utility rooftop PV around $2.7–3.2/W installed energy.gov, whereas small wind averages over $5/W windexchange.energy.gov (and often much higher
September 21, 2025