Researchers in China developed a new compressed air energy storage system that uses flooded roadways in abandoned coal mines to store compressed air and heat for nighttime power generation.

The need for long-duration energy storage, which helps to fill the longest gaps when wind and solar are not producing enough electricity to meet demand, is as clear as ever. Several technologies could ...

Compressed air is critical in many industrial and nonindustrial applications, including powering pneumatic tools and conveyor systems, cleaning equipment and airfilling amusement park objects. While ...

The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials made a breakthrough that may have a profound impact on energy storage and the transition to clean energy sources. The liquid air energy storage system ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Compressed-air energy storage, a decades-old but rarely deployed technology that can store massive amounts of energy underground, ...

In the high, dry expanse of the Gobi Desert, China is turning thin air into a strategic energy asset. Engineers are assembling what officials describe as the world’s largest “super-cold air battery,” ...