The price of a lithium-ion battery pack used to power an electric vehicle has plunged 89% in the last decade, from $1,100 per kWh to $137 per kWh. Marine batteries still cost significantly more, ranging between $800-$1,000 per kWh for retrofits to $500 per kWh for newbuilds. DNV expects the cost of batteries to be reduced by 56% by 2025.

The auto industry witnessed a historic event happening in Germany in 2019, which went by largely unnoticed. In a rare act of unity, the leaders of the country’s big three Automakers; Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche, and BMW CEO Harald Krüger, all agreed that the future of German auto is the electric car. Over the next decade, each CEO would be pushing their respective companies to shift and embrace the idea of an electrified fleet.

Microsoft wrapped up Phase 2 of Project Natick, its plan to test the viability of underwater data centers. In the two year the subsea servers were submerged, they have found some amazing upsides. They have higher reliability and uptime, plus act as natural oases for life underwater.

The best explanatory video on regular lithium-ion batteries and solid-state lithium-ion batteries we have seen so far.

Heliogen, backed by Bill Gates, makes fuel out of thin air and sunlight. It simply costs a lot of energy.

Quantumscape CEO Jagddep Singh discusses going public through a SPAC deal and his company's battery technology for electric vehicles.

NortVolt, led by Tesla-Veteran Peter Carlsson, is building the very first European battery gigafactory. One that should counterbalance Elon Musk and, above all, the Asian producers. What is NorthVolt’s strategy to create a European battery power basis? An interview with CEO Peter Carlsson, who urges Europe to quickly build on its own battery knowledge.

Using Tesla’s announcements of Battery Day, DNV expects the cost of batteries to be reduced by 56% (measured in $/kWh) by 2025. Worldwide, DNV predicts that passenger electric vehicles are likely to start outselling their internal combustion engine counterparts from 2032 onwards. In North America, Europe and China this will take place well before 2030.  Tesla’s success could spill over from land-based vehicles into adjacent transport sectors. On the assumption of success on all fronts, Tesla will achieve the critical battery density for short range electric airplanes – namely 400 Wh/kg with high cycle life.

Tesla announced new ‘tabless’ batteries, aims to phase out cobalt and plans for investing in a new cathode plant. Their goal is to improve affordability by building a $25,000 electric car.

Elon Musk made some big announcements. The company is planning to get rid of Cobalt in their batteries and to manufacture its own “tabless” batteries, called 4860 cells. This type of battery is six times more powerful, and the range will be increased by 16 percent. The new battery technology will make a $25,000 Tesla car a reality.

Semi-transparent solarpanels can prove to be a game-changer in the businessmodel of greenhouses.

Helen Czerski went to Wendeburg in Germany to see if it really is possible to recycle the materials in vehicle batteries. She shows how this new and rapidly growing industry is developing and coming up with some interesting results, with lithium-iron batteries being economically recycled up to 70% (91% including graphite). Please send this to all the people you know who say 'what about when we throw all these fancy batteries into landfill.

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the rest.” These words from Churchill, coupled with today’s monumental challenges, triggered me to think different. Why do we not create a new form of government? Can we honestly say that the current political system is the best system available? Can we create a new system that is fairer, more robust to crisis and populism, and arguably even more democratic?

People think we need energy. Truth is, we do not. We need heating, lighting and transportation. At the right place, on the right time. Generating energy is not the issue, the trick is how to transform it into useful energy and store it. So how can we combine the cheapest form of energy generation with energy storage? What is the best place to generate gigantic, ridiculous amounts of energy? As in tenths of gigawatts, the size of small countries? In the desert with solar energy? Think again.

Tired of complaining about your company? Build your own! This article describes my view on how a project-driven company should be structured and organized using the latest in 21st century thinking. I use an idea on energy-independence services to show how I would shape my own business, starting with the why (purpose) all the way to the how (non-negotiables) and the what (organization). The resulting interactive Template I propose can be used for all types of project-driven organisations and can be readily copied.

This blog elaborates on a few innovations that will be coming in a few years and have the potential to drastically change our societies. They are Starlink, 3D printed meat and room-temperature superconductors. Despite their potential, people do not seem to realize their future impact on the world. Why is nobody talking about these?

As a U.S. energy consumer, you can make money with a Tesla Powerwall once you install it. In fact, Tesla will send you a check! With the Tesla Powerwall, your home can now become a mini virtual power plant.

This article describes the fundamental incentives to create a sustainable world by self-organizing behavior: Electrification, Energy Mortgage and the Turntoo Model.

This article describes why, and why not, data is the new oil.

Growth is often accompanied with crippling complexity for a company. How can you ensure your organization is effective, responsive and flexible enough to whether any storm? This article is a how-to-guide on how to start or transform a company in the light of disruptive change.