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Elon Musk reveals when SpaceX will perform first-ever Starship catch

Starship Flight 10 was a huge success for SpaceX. When both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship Upper Stage successfully landed on their designated splashdown zones, the space community was celebrating. The largest and most powerful rocket in the world had successfully completed its tenth test flight. And this

Building AI Foundation Models to Accelerate the Discovery of New Battery Materials

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. With access to ALCF’s powerful Aurora and Polaris systems, researchers are developing AI models that can predict promising new materials for battery electrolytes and electrodes. Researchers from the University of Michigan are using Argonne supercomputers to develop foundation models that

Battery Power Online | Hundred-Megawatt Robotic Chargers, Flying Electric Buses, and a Lithium-Sulfur Battery Update

Kyle Proffitt August 26, 2025| The 2025 Advanced Automotive Battery Conference Europe continued with presentations across varied topics around transportation electrification. Collected here are some select discussions about faster charging standards and equipment, planned advances with aircraft electrification, and edging toward competitive lithium-sulfur batteries. Super-Megachargers Grivix Founder and CEO Marc-Andre

Energy Storage Breakthroughs Enable a Strong & Secure Energy Landscape

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Last Updated on: 13th August 2025, 11:51 pm Argonne science supports resilient supply chains, American manufacturing. Argonne advances battery breakthroughs at every stage in the energy storage lifecycle, from discovering substitutes for critical materials to pioneering new real-world applications to

capex support scheme to help fund 4,000MWh of BESS

The scheme is part of a €180 million package approved by the EU late last year, funded by its State aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (‘TCTF’), which was borne out of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  “Such capacities will ensure greater resilience, flexibility and security of the electricity system, which will also

SpaceX aces Starship test flight 10 with successful payload deployment

SpaceX aced its tenth Starship test flight on Tuesday night after multiple delays pushed the mission back to this evening. Originally scheduled for Sunday night, SpaceX had two delays push the flight back to Tuesday, which ultimately provided ideal conditions for a launch attempt. The tenth test flight of Starship

Solar Plus Battery Storage - This Changes Everything

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. CleanTechnica has published hundreds of articles on renewable energy and battery storage, but we have not always thoroughly explored how those advances will alter societies that take advantage of them. Predicting the future accurately is impossible. If we could do

SpaceX calls off Starship 10 flight attempt once again

SpaceX is calling off a potential launch of Starship this evening, marking the second consecutive night the tenth test flight of the massive rocket will be delayed. Originally planning to launch on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. local time in Starbase, Texas, SpaceX was forced to delay the tenth launch of

DJI Power 2000 Portable Power Station - CleanTechnica Tested

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Last Updated on: 25th August 2025, 04:21 pm Recently, DJI (the company already well-known for its drones) sent us a new product to test out: the DJI Power 2000, a power station with 2048 Wh of energy storage. While we’ve

Taking On The Pan-American Highway In A Tesla Model X Named Beluga

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Adventure means different things to different people, but a common theme is the call of the unknown. The Pan-American highway has long proved to be a siren song for adventurers, stretching from the northern most drivable point in North America

Tesla makes big change to encourage Full Self-Driving purchases

Tesla is bringing back the Model 3’s turn signal stalk in China after removing the part with the refresh of the all-electric sedan early last year. However, it is going to cost you. In 2024, Tesla launched the Model 3 “Highland,” a refreshed version of the vehicle that included several