Comment on US grid adds batteries at 10x the rate of natural gas in first half of 2024
cygnus@lemmy.ca 3 weeks agothere’s not enough lithium on this planet to store enough energy for like half of europe nevermind entire world
This is a good use case for sodium batteries. They’re less energy-dense so not great for vehicles, but for a stationary application like this they’re perfect.
skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
yeah this is fine, but these need to run at high temperatures last time i’ve checked. that makes it a bit more complicated to use
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Sodiem electric batteries, like the type that CATL developed? Or do you mean hot molten salt thermal batteries? Because I think the other poster is referring to the first kind.
skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
i thought sodium batteries need low hundreds C for ceramic electrolyte to work. i stand corrected