Zinc-Air Batteries Provide Power in Remote Areas

Zinc-Air Batteries Provide Power in Remote Areas

“Remote villages in Africa and Asia are receiving electricity using a little-known type of technology: zinc-air batteries.

California-based NantEnergy said Wednesday it has created a rechargeable zinc-air battery storage system that can provide power at a lower cost than lithium-ion batteries.

The technology has been deployed in more than 110 villages serving 200,000 people who have no other access to electricity in their communities, said NantEnergy chairman Patrick Soon-Shiong…”

https://www.ecnmag.com/news/2018/09/zinc-air-batteries-provide-power-remote-areas

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