Important Info What really angers me is the cynical propaganda that has been spread by the fossil fuel proponents that the electrical grid can’t be stable without “base load” from thermal power plants. This lie must be buried as soon as possible by research studies and as much proof as possible by real world experience.
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Jasen Bartlett Said, “people will complain how the duty cycles degrade their battery…” With no justification. The 18650 cells have better than “250-500 duty cycles” and do not “loose [sic] 10% range” due to use for V2G. V2G is a process where the grid has some control over the vehicle charging. If the grid is
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The cost of green hydrogen must come down or else the gas turbines must be used as a peaker plant during the time when high demand causes electricity price to spike. As the percentage of renewables increases, this may happen more often. But that will cost consumers. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/07/14/hydrogen-fired-gas-turbines-vs-lithium-ion-storage/
Bill Sherman told me about SMES which has already been put into use commercially. One of the concerns is how much energy is wasted to keep the magnets cryogenically cold. Another cost concern is the superconducting coil has to be made of a material that contains very expensive rare metals. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_magnetic_energy_storage
From FB group Heinz Baumann Your chart fails to show the whole picture. The chart doesn’t show that the renewables can’t supply the total electricity demand until the 20 to 35% capacity factor is accounted for by building 3 or more times the solar or wind that is needed. During the winter due to less
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The future of batteries may lie under the oceans. https://www.axios.com/undersea-mining-lithium-electric-vehicles-43595ff6-9c46-4f4f-a432-7c3a73d9b330.html
Ultrasonic is mentioned along with others. The battery makers have a factory reject rate from 5 to 20% so it would be wasteful if they didn’t recycle the factory scrap. https://www.reuters.com/technology/new-recycling-techniques-set-make-electric-vehicles-greener-2021-07-01/
This is very interesting. A BESS that takes up less room than a lead-acid battery, can hold more kWh’s and is cheaper. They have a demo 2 MWh system in racks indoors. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/06/30/urban-electric-powers-long-term-storage-solution-takes-battery-storage-back-to-the-basics/
The battery’s valuable materials are delaminated or stripped away using a high power ultrasonic cleaning machine. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/06/30/from-toothbrushes-to-saving-the-planet-how-ultrasonic-delamination-could-hold-the-key-to-battery-recycling/
Saticoy facility replaces gas peaker plant. There are huge solar and wind farms east of this facility, in Tehachapi. They got rid of a fossil fuel plant. https://electrek.co/2021/06/30/tesla-megapacks-power-on-battery-replacing-gas-peaker-plant-california/#disqus_thread
