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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Russia ordered 2 assassination attempts on popular journalist Dmytro Gordon — It was impossible to look at: Russian mass missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills at least 9, injures 33 — Zelensky, Starmer hail ‘massive step forward’ in military cooperation — Aerospace giant Airbus to train Ukrainian specialists in aircraft maintenance — Ukraine returns bodies of 3 Russian soldiers repatriated as remains of Ukrainians … and more

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This is interesting and looks quite promising.

There seems to be countless articles and reports covering new battery chemistries that promise to shake up the Lithium ion world. Not much about non-hydrogen based fuel cells.

techxplore.com/news/2025-05-pr

Tech Xplore · Prototype sodium-air fuel cell could power electric planes and trainsBy Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Construction starts in Switzerland for the world's largest battery storage facility.

The world's largest battery storage facility is being built in a new technology center in Laufenburg (TZL) in the Swiss canton of Aargau.

The redox flow battery, also known as a liquid battery or wet cell, will have a total capacity of more than 1.6 GWh and an output of over 800 MW.

Construction of the TZL began at the start of this week.

mediafaro.org/article/20250509

An artist impression of the Technologiezentrum Laufenburg. | Image: Erne Gruppe
Heise Online · Construction starts in Switzerland for the world's largest battery storage facility.By Tom Sperlich

Sherco coal-fired power plant (largest in Minnesota) will be replaced by solar arrays being constructed on site.

*New* They're adding an iron-air battery to the solar installation to provide power when there's no sun.

PV arrays will produce up to 710 MW, whereas the first Fe-air batteries will be 10 MW. Not the scale needed, but Form Energy just started manufacturing, so this is a pilot of sorts.

fresh-energy.org/xcel-energys-
#CleanEnergy #batteries #ClimateAction #solar #SolarPV #BatteryStorage

Fresh Energy · Xcel Energy’s multiday energy storage demonstration - Fresh EnergyIf you live in Minnesota, it’s likely you’ve seen media coverage about the work underway at the site of Xcel Energy’s Sherco power plant as the utility adds both solar… Continue reading Xcel Energy’s multiday energy storage demonstration

"Technologies that help us address climate change still have the potential to cause harm, and taking that seriously is crucial." technologyreview.com/2025/02/1

“The EPA tested for one of the pollutants that measures air quality index – particulate size. This is what the Monterey Bay Air Resource District (MBARD) does when it produces an evaluation of air quality. Neither agency tests for heavy metals. Heavy metals testing was done by Dr. Ivano Aiello of the Moss Landing Marine Labs around the Elkhorn Slough and by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control with Monterey County Environmental Health Department.”—Supervisor Glenn Church, District 2, Monterey County Board of Supervisors mailchi.mp/co/supervisor-churc

MIT Technology Review · What a major battery fire means for the future of energy storageBy Casey Crownhart