A Canadian company called Hydrostor has a new compressed-air energy storage system that it says is half the cost of grid-scale batteries and on par with adding a new natural gas plant to a grid. The ...

Cryogenic liquids are materials with a boiling point of less than – 100 °F (-73 °C); common examples include liquid nitrogen, helium, and argon, and dry ice/alcohol slurries. Cryogenic liquids undergo ...

Compressed air is vitally important to all power plants. Although in some cases it is used simply for convenience, such as when operating certain pneumatic tools, in other cases, compressed air is ...

The rapid growth of solar arrays and wind farms might sound like a win for the environment, but storing renewable sources of energy efficiently on the grid remains a challenge for energy providers. EU ...

California is exploring a unique type of battery to help power the clean energy revolution: compressed air batteries. This underground $1 billion battery is a giant, clean energy generator that could ...

There is a trend across the USA to mandate increasing amounts of energy to be derived from renewable resources. Electric utilities in California, for example, are required to have 33 percent of their ...

It comes as no surprise that safety should always be a top concern when using compressed gases. What may be most surprising to learn, however, is that almost all accidents involving compressed gases ...

You may have noticed in the past few years, tire shops and mechanics will advertise nitrogen tire fills rather than traditional compressed air. While some may advertise somewhat true benefits, this ...

Compressed gas cylinders of all shapes and sizes are used all over campus for everything from welding to research. Compressed gas cylinders pose two types of risks when used, stored, or handled. The ...

Just in case the electric vehicle revolution never really talks off, India’s Tata Motors is working on what sounds like an even better solution to the world’s clean vehicle quandary: cars that run on ...