New material raises hopes for cheap renewable energy storage

A new material developed in Toronto could pave the way for inexpensive, durable methods of storing large amounts of electricity such as those generated by solar power and wind, reports the Globe and Mail.

Curtis Berlinguette, an expert in energy storage and catalysis at UBC who wasn’t involved in the study, lauded the breakthrough and noted that the next step should be to show that the material can sustain years of use.