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…software-side. This includes smart features allowing operators to control the way batteries are balanced. The technology also tracks whether batteries are still covered within warranty, on systems envisaged to have…
Grid-scale batteries are not simply operated to store up excess renewables and move them to non-windy and non-sunny moments, in order to increase renewables penetration rates. Their key practical rationale…
…of new wind and solar will fail to dispatch, while incentive prices will have trebled. Batteries help little. They raise power prices by a further 2-5x to accommodate just 3-15%…
…16-pages) Energy storage: will supercapacitors disrupt batteries? (June-2020, 20-pages) Electric Vehicles Increase Fossil Fuel Demand? (Feb-2020, 13-pages) Good batteries versus bad batteries: round trip? (June-2019, online) https://thundersaidenergy.com/2020/07/03/green-hydrogen-economy-holy-roman-empire/ Transportation & Vehicles…
…in freezers and refrigerators, which make up 9% of US electricity. This is superior to batteries which add costs and incur 8-30% efficiency losses. We review 5,800 patents and identify…
This data-file models the possible battery sizes in a fully electric semi-truck. Lithium ion batteries up to 15 tons are considered, which could deliver 2,500 miles of range, comparable to…
…ascent continuing to 400kTpa in 2030 and 1.5MTpa in 2050. This data-file estimates global lithium demand across electric vehicle batteries, industrial batteries, consumer electrics, grid storage, ceramics, glass, lubricants and…
Nuclear power can backstop much volatility in renewable-heavy grids, for costs of 15-25c/kWh. This is at least 70% less costly than large batteries or green hydrogen, but could see less…
…battery binders, there is also a side focus on developing lithium metal batteries, or solid state batteries. Note that a typical lithium ion battery uses fluorinated polymer binders in its…
Lithium ion batteries famously have cathodes containing lithium, nickel, manganese, cobalt, aluminium and/or iron phosphate. But how are these cathode active materials manufactured? This data-file gathers specific details from technical…