U.S. advanced research agency optimistic on storage-battery progress

Photovoltaic solar power field at Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee

The Federal government’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy said last week that it has made huge strides toward creating a next generation of batteries for energy storage. The agency is tasked with kickstarting energy-related projects in the private sector; its director suggested that the new technologies could be on the market soon. ARPA-E… …read more