It's Sunday, September 30, and a cheaper battery could help us move closer to a carbon-free grid.
Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, the problem is they kinda suck ( wear out, use precious metals that are hard to mine, and sometimes burst into flames). For years, there’s been no other alternative.
Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, the problem is they kinda suck ( wear out, use precious metals that are hard to mine, and sometimes burst into flames). For years, there’s been no other alternative.
- On Wednesday, NantEnergy, an energy company owned by Cali billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, unveiled a new battery .
- It runs on zinc and plain old air, it’s rechargeable, and — here’s the important part — it functions at a fraction of the cost of a lithium-ion battery.
- NantEnergy’s batteries cost $100 per kilowatt hour VS lithium-ion batteries which cost around $300 to $400 per kilowatt-hour(according to the NY Times).
The new battery was announced at the One Planet Summit in New York City, an event put on by France’s President Emmanuel Macron. This wasn’t the first time the world saw NantEnergy’s technology — the company has been testing the tech in Asian and African villages’ micro grids. And zinc-air batteries have been powering some cellphone towers in the U.S. for years.
Notes
A microgrid is a discrete energy system consisting of distributed energy sources (including demand management, storage, and generation) and loads capable of operating in parallel with, or independently from, the main power grid.
Links
https://nantenergy.com/
Links
https://nantenergy.com/
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/27/cheaper-battery-is-unveiled-as-a-step-to-a-carbon-free-grid.html
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