December 20, 2015
...AND CHEAPER...:
Batteries - a guide to the future : Batteries that store renewable energy are essential for the Paris climate agreement to work. Viviane Richter, Cosmos)
Turning solar and wind electricity into a 24/7 power source as reliable as coal. Eliminating the "range anxiety" that stops people switching from petrol to electric cars. Stopping the irritation of flat smartphones or laptops.Those are just a few of the advantages that affordable long-lived rechargeable batteries, capable of delivering a sustained high-powered output over weeks instead of days could offer.According to the experts, we have the technology. What we don't have is the magic mix of affordability, lightness and power delivery in a single battery. Instead, rechargeable batteries are diversifying, spawning a range of storage tools, each best suited to a particular niche. Here we meet the five frontrunners.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 20, 2015 9:25 AM