New Water-Based Battery Could Help Store Solar and Wind Energy

[rangerrebew]

New Water-Based Battery Could Help Store Solar and Wind Energy

A new type of battery is cheaper and longer lasting, creating new possibilities for use with renewable energy generation.
By Avery Thompson   
May 7, 2018
 

A group of researchers at Stanford University have developed a new type of battery using water and salt that they hope could be used to store energy produced from wind and solar farms, increasing the effectiveness of renewable energy sources.

The two fastest-growing forms of energy generation in the world today are wind and solar, and both have the same fundamental limitation. They're subject to the weather, and routinely go for hours or days without generating any electricity at all. Energy companies relying on these generation methods need some sort of backup while their solar farms and wind turbines are offline.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a20266803/mit-water-salt-manganese-hydrogen-battery/

[Joe Wooten]

More of the same old same old. I've been reading about new batteries that have the potential to make our planet into a green utopia for over 40 years, and so far, they all have had the same impact as fusion power plants - still just around the corner, maybe in 10-20 years......