Cell-sized Batteries on the Horizon

Now that's a small battery!!

MIT engineers work toward cell-sized batteries

Microbatteries could power tomorrow's miniature devices

Elizabeth A. Thomson,
News Office
August 20, 2008

Forget 9-volts, AAs, AAAs or D batteries: The energy for tomorrow's miniature electronic devices could come from tiny microbatteries about half the size of a human cell and built with viruses.

MIT engineers have...(complete news release here).

Wind-Power to Battery

This is a major issue with wind power generation.

Xcel Energy Launches Groundbreaking Wind-to-Battery Project

Minneapolis MN (SPX) Feb 29, 2008

Xcel Energy soon will begin testing a cutting-edge technology to store wind energy in batteries. It will be the first use of the technology in the United States for direct wind energy storage.

Integrating variable wind and solar power production with the needs of the power grid is an ongoing issue for the utility industry. Xcel Energy will begin testing a...(complete article here).

Batteries: Future Fortunes

Batteries. Where fortunes will be made....

Cracking The Battery Barrier

Melanie Lindner, 02.28.08, 12:30 PM ET

Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to worry about your cellphone losing its charge? How about your laptop, MP3 player, even your car?

While the global battery market is enormous--some $55 billion, according to...(complete article here).