Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future

Winner of the 24th Annual Susanne M. Glasscock Humanities Book Prize



Finalist for the 2023 Cundill History Prize



Gold Medal Recipient, Nautilus Book Awards, Sustainability



To achieve fossil fuel independence, few technologies are more important than batteries. Used for powering zero-emission vehicles, storing electricity from solar panels and wind turbines, and revitalizing the electric grid, batteries are essential to scaling up the renewable energy resources that help address global warming....