Sodium Ion Batteries are very similar to lithium ion batteries, but sodium is much cheaper. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/sodium-ion-battery Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium-ion_battery
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2021-06-26 Solar Panel Recycling Is Inadequate
Article about the ‘dark side of solar.’ More recycling of solar and wind needs to be done to prevent the panels from ending up in landfills. (Harvard Business Review) https://hbr.org/2021/06/the-dark-side-of-solar-power
2021-06-22 Battery Storage Information Article
This article gives good information about various types of BESS. Mentions FERC order 2222. Flow batteries. Talks about green hydrogen, electrolyzers, fuel cells and round trip efficiency. Other battery uses. https://www.tdworld.com/distributed-energy-resources/energy-storage/article/21160307/energy-storage-grows-up
2021-06-21 SOLshare Peer-to-peer Solar Power Sharing System
SOLshare shares solar power among nearby residences. But it’s a mesh network so the microgrid can connect with another microgrid, which can connect with other microgrids. It’s a peer-to-peer trading platform. “So that the people who cannot afford the solar system can buy energy.” YouTube video https://youtu.be/v33ERl42VYM Their website https://me-solshare.com/
2021-06-21 Australia Supplying Lithium And Nickel
Said, “Each EV has about 5000 dollars (Au?) In it.” Well, the battery pack is about a hundred dollars US per kWh or about $7500.00 per vehicle. It’s hard to believe that the raw material costs make up well over half of the cost of an EV battery pack. Then he said Denholm noted that
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2021-06-20 Thermal Power Plants Use 41% Of The Water
There are those who complain about the amount of water used to mine the battery raw materials such as lithium. But the water used to mine a kg of lithium is only used once. They also complain about the water or other materials used to make wind turbines. That water is used only once. But
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2021-06-15 Future Hydrogen in Europe and Australia
The rest of the world is planning on building hydrogen generation infrastructure for replacing fossil fuels. This is an interesting article about plans in Europe and Australia. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/05/07/the-hydrogen-stream-more-hydrogen-for-the-ports-of-rotterdam-and-antwerp/
2021-06-12 Hydrogen Based Energy Storage System
German company is marketing a hydrogen based energy storage system for residential use. Also heats water. It’s made for use with solar PV system. PICEA https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/06/11/hydrogen-based-storage-system-for-residential-applications/
2021-06-10 Researchers Find New Way To Generate Electricity
This very interesting and promises to capture CO2 from the ocean and turn it into rock. https://scitechdaily.com/mit-engineers-have-discovered-a-completely-new-way-of-generating-electricity/amp/
2021-06-04 Scientists Harvest Lithium From Seawater
Scientists have cost-effectively harvested lithium from sea water. This also produces hydrogen and chlorine and can use the leftover brine from desalination plants. It requires a lithium lanthanum titanium oxide (LLTO) membrane. Very interesting! https://electrek.co/2021/06/04/scientists-have-cost-effectively-harvested-lithium-from-seawater/ Another link https://www.electronicsonline.net.au/content/power/news/electrochemical-cell-extracts-lithium-from-sea-water-1381153360
