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.
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2024-06-03 LDES Increasingly Competitive But Unlikely To Match Li-ion’s Cost Reductions
The cost of Lithium-ion batteries is still dropping and sodium-ion batteries use even lower cost materials, so it’s likely that the long duration energy storage – LDES – will not catch up for some time. One LDES is green hydrogen, and hydrogen LDES systems seem to have stagnated, partly due to the falling prices of
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2024-05-12 Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity
This link to the article is supposed to be free, and *not* behind a paywall. This well-researched article is a good article, with some statements that are disputable. One example is that they state that lithium batteries are flammable. The LFP cells now used in battery storage systems are low to not flammable. There are
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2023-10-04 JHAT Redox Flow Batteries, Some In US
The ESS battery uses Iron and Salt. https://www.patreon.com/posts/exclusive-early-90305492?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_campaign=patron_engagement&utm_source=post_link&token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJyZWRpc19rZXkiOiJpYToyMjAxYWQzZi1iYTQ1LTQyZGItODAyOC1iMGVkZjU0MTJjY2UiLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo5MDMwNTQ5MiwicGF0cm9uX2lkIjo1NDQxODEzNX0.93GUyndIekBTnmm8fV2_PtnVexoX9zyP3bgjrB7PLV8 Dave’s JHAT on RFBs :
2023-09-25 Redflow Projects In California
Also it says “”California has a target of 45-55 GW of installed long duration storage by 2045.”” “”The C[alifornia]E[nergy]C[ommission] is actively backing four long duration battery companies, with Redflow being one. The others are UK company Invinity, US-listed EOS, and Form Energy, which has an iron-air battery.”” Redflow lands biggest project for flow battery technology,
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2023-07-06 Home Energy Storage Is Getting A Flow Battery Makeover
Flow batteries for residential power. Also talks about anti-ESG bozos in Georgia. Home Energy Storage Is Getting A Flow Battery Makeover If the two flow battery tanks could be emptied and refilled in a few minutes, EVs with flow batteries could be quickly recharged. But the tricky part is having to deal with strong chemicals.
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
2021-05-17 Li-Ion Competitors: Flow, Zinc, Sodium Etc.
This good blog has many links to other articles about competitors to Li-Ion AKA LIBs. But near the end it explains why LIBs may be very difficult to compete against. It points out that as more renewables make up the grid, there is more demand for medium (8 to 24 hours) storage and long term
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2021-02-25 New Home Hydrogen ‘Battery’ Good For 3 Days
This was developed by the University in Australia. It seems to be two or three separate parts. It takes solar electricity and converts it to hydrogen. The H2 is stored in metal hydride ?cartridges? Then the H2 is made into electricity by fuel cells. It says that it also has a 5 kWh lithium battery
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2021-02-22 Tesla PowerWall, Megapack, StorEn Price Info Per kWh
This article gives an idea of how much a Tesla PowerWall will cost. This StorEn company has only a few employees. They are crowdfunding and have not yet sold a flow battery. They’re supposedly in the business of making vanadium redox flow batteries. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/10/05/tesla-megapack-powerpack-powerwall-battery-storage-prices/ https://www.startengine.com https://www.storen.com Update Feb 23 – TSLA was down to $632
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