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US startups use fracking technology to store clean energy


US startups use fracking technology to store clean energy

US startups are developing proprietary technologies based on hydraulic fracturing to drill wells and store renewable energy from solar and wind in underground pressurized water reservoirs. As the share of renewable energy in electricity generation in the U.S.’s largest oil state, Texas, grows, so does the need for energy storage to ensure clean energy is […]

Cache Energy’s mysterious white pellets could help kill coal and natural gas


Cache Energy’s mysterious white pellets could help kill coal and natural gas

Wind and solar energy are now so cheap to install and so plentiful at times that energy suppliers don’t know what to do with it. Sometimes they even pay the owners of other power plants not to generate electricity. In response, scientists and engineers are frantically searching for cost-effective ways to store that electricity. They […]