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Eco Factor: Improved redox flow batteries can be recharged in minutes. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technology have improved the performance of redox flow batteries, making them a better alternative to the lithium-ion...

Eco Factor: High-capacity cost-effective lithium-ion battery for electric cars and renewable energy storage. Panasonic has announced the development of a high-capacity lithium-ion battery module that is being claimed to be much safer and more...

Eco Factor: Concept battery equipped with a hand-cranked dynamo. While most electronic devices available on the market today come with built-in batteries, there are still some devices that need external AA or AAA batteries. Since these batteries...

Eco Factor: Lead-free batteries to power homes generating solar electricity. Homes that generate on-site electricity are the future. However, what all solar or wind powered homes need are batteries that can store all that electricity for days when.

Eco Factor: Lawn equipment designed to be charged by solar energy. While most of us live a life on gadgets that others have invented for us to use, there are some who do their bit for the environment and also show others a green way that should be.

Eco Factor: High-performance batteries made from algae. Of all the materials that have been used to make batteries, algae seems the most uncommon, but scientists over at Uppsala University in Sweden have created a lightweight, flexible battery...

Eco Factor: Batteries that are able to store 1MW of power will be a boon for renewable energy developers. The amount of energy that can be generated from renewable sources of energy is infinite. The problem doesn’t come with the amount of energy.

Eco Factor: Batteries used in electric cars to get safe with the addition of special molecules in electrolyte. Li-ion batteries may have given the world of electronics and electric cars what they always longed for. However, the technology isn’t..

Eco Factor: Rechargeable batteries with four times more power. Most portable electronic devices available on the market today come with built-in rechargeable batteries, but there are still some gadgets that need AA or AAA batteries to work. Once...

Eco Factor: Batteries capable of storing over 20KWh of electricity being developed. You may be possessing the world’s largest rooftop solar array, but all that energy is no good until you possess the world’s largest battery bank as well,...