“”A new study by Geotab reveals that modern electric vehicle batteries can last up to 20 years with minimal degradation, significantly outpacing the 14-year average lifespan of gas-powered cars in the US. Analyzing data from over 10,000 EVs, researchers found batteries lose only about 1.8 percent of capacity per year, and failure rates remain below
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Electrek article. “”A new report from global energy think tank Ember says batteries have officially hit the price point that lets solar power deliver affordable electricity almost every hour of the year in the sunniest parts of the world.”” “”And as battery tech keeps improving, round-the-clock solar could become the backbone of clean energy systems
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A 12 min. YouTube video tells about an old technology called zinc bromine batteries and their Gelion batteries. Pronounced jel-e-on. They are cheaper and more rugged than Li-Ion. They discharge to zero.
China turns retired EV batteries and solar cells into $38 billion recycling boom. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02o228ieBf25hirnxtU9BsEyAjDGjgcF7fdiErKqHau4w117e3MjPFRSrDKwphr9grl&id=100064499750520&post_id=100064499750520_pfbid02o228ieBf25hirnxtU9BsEyAjDGjgcF7fdiErKqHau4w117e3MjPFRSrDKwphr9grl&mibextid=Nif5oz
This is an 11 min. video about H2X hydrogen fuel cell generators.
And they’re being built as fast as they can make the batteries. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1208896843922953/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
Matt / Undecided tells us about the current state of the sodium ion battery market. Some of the new developments.
This short Ted Talk about storing heat in bricks. https://www.facebook.com/reel/2423128204690212/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
Matt Ferrel describes how renewables – solar panels and wind turbine blades – and battery storage are being recycled.
As more used batteries are taken out of service, the recyclers will put cheaper recycled lithium and other materials back into the manufacturing of new batteries. This will reduce the need for raw materials from mining. Eventually most of the raw materials will be from recycled batteries and the mining will be greatly reduced. Meanwhile
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