‘You can’t have fires on boats’: Navy research on safer zinc batteries moves forward
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory is exploring future potential uses for its zinc-based batteries that provide a safer, reusable alternative to other types of batteries. In particular, the zinc-based batteries would provide the Navy an option instead of rechargeable...Battery charge: Why nickel-zinc batteries are challenging lead-acid and Lithium-ion
While lead-acid is the established UPS battery technology and Li-ion is more energy dense, nickel-zinc is a better all-round technology, says ZincFive’s Aaron Schott. To read the full article from Data Centre Dynamics click here.Batteries used in hearing aids could be key to the future of renewable energy
If necessity is the mother of invention, potential profit has to be the father. Both incentives are driving an effort to transform zinc batteries from small, throwaway cells often used in hearing aids into rechargeable behemoths that could be attached to the power...Beyond Lithium: Zinc will enable the energy grids of the future
Pick up a newspaper and it’s more likely than not you’ll see a mention of lithium’s role in electric vehicles and, increasingly, energy storage. These batteries serve valuable purposes, but what you don’t see mentioned are the limitations of the applications of...Sustainability Case Study
Snowdon Visitors Center
At 1,085 metres, this unique visitor centre is one of the highest building in the UK, responding to one of the most extreme climatic locations: the mountain endures facing winds of 120mph, temperatures that can go below -200C and 5 m of rain every year. The list of special design considerations for this unique project is endless - life cycle costs, building life, sustainable development and complex design considerations.
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