Drew Baglino spent nearly two decades building Tesla’s batteries, motors, and power electronics. Now the former Tesla SVP is quietly building the one home energy product Tesla talked up for years and never shipped: a residential heat pump.

His startup, Sadi Thermal Machines, is a direct bet on an idea Tesla floated openly in 2022 — before the company reoriented itself around humanoid robots and robotaxis.

Water is one of the most common substances on Earth, but scientists have now discovered that it may have a surprising new use: storing electrical energy. Researchers at the Hamburg University of Technology in Germany have developed a new type of energy storage device that uses pure water as its main working ingredient. The technology […]

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Electricity demand from AI data centers is pushing everyone — including automakers like GM and Ford — into the energy storage business.

Ambrosia Energy wants to build power plants in less than 12 months while undercutting natural gas. It hopes to build gigawatts' worth by 2030.

GM is developing an entirely new sodium-ion battery chemistry for use in everything from data centers to its own factories.

How to change the energy market from within. Plus: Is Iran Trump’s Vietnam?

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Last week, as the war in Iran continued to choke global oil supplies, the UK government announced a 13% increase in the cap on energy prices. But it was another related story on the other side of the world that caught my eye.

In Australia, the energy minister announced a fall of up to 10% in the benchmark electricity price in parts of the country, driven by record levels of renewables and batteries in the power grid.

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More than 400,000 batteries have been installed under the cheaper home batteries scheme. Here’s how to get the best bang for your buck

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If Australians love solar, they are head over heels for home batteries. More than 400,000 batteries have been installed under the government’s subsidy scheme.

Here’s what you need to consider if you’re looking at getting one installed.

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Exclusive: BHP once dubbed climate change an ‘existential’ threat. But leaked documents show it has backtracked on decarbonisation at a vast network of mines

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In the middle of 2019, London was sweltering through a heatwave.

Temperature records tumbled. Frail, ill and elderly people died in their hundreds.

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