A new flow battery prototype aims to store vast amounts of renewable power for the grid

A new flow battery prototype aims to store vast amounts of renewable power for the grid

“This ‘flow battery’ could power green homes when the sun goes down and the wind stops blowing.

With solar and wind electricity prices plunging, the hunt is on for cheap batteries to store all this power for use around the clock. Now, researchers have made an advance with a flow battery, the type of battery being developed to soak up enough excess wind and solar power to fuel whole cities. They report the discovery of a potentially cheap, organic molecule that can power a flow battery for years instead of days…”

http://www.impactlab.net/2018/08/01/a-new-flow-battery-prototype-aims-to-store-vast-amounts-of-renewable-power-for-the-grid/

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