GregLocock
Automotive
They've been a bit of niche product to date, but it looks like if you can't sensibly have pumped hydro, using pumped vanadium electrolyte is a somewhat lossy but easily scaleable alternative.
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These batteries could harness the wind and sun to replace coal and gas
SAPPORO, Japan - Ocean winds whip across the beaches, hillsides and sprawling plains of Hokkaido. There’s enough wind energy here for Japan’s northernmost island to power itself and export clean electricity to the rest of the country. But Hokkaido can’t harness all of that power unless it has a...
