Batteries from Dirt technology

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coolwire
coolwire Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭
edited August 2019 in New Battery Technologies #1
Here is a link to developments by an MIT materials scientist that has already led to creation of a Cambridge, MA company to perfect "Batteries from Dirt":

http://theenergycollective.com/jessejenkins/2142871/future-energy-will-cheap-dirt-batteries-transform-grid
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  • OldMan
    OldMan Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭✭
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    coolwire said:
    Here is a link to developments by an MIT materials scientist that has already led to creation of a Cambridge, MA company to perfect "Batteries from Dirt":

    http://theenergycollective.com/jessejenkins/2142871/future-energy-will-cheap-dirt-batteries-transform-grid
    I'll be very dead by the time this happens. Great for younger folk, meaningless for me.
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  • Estragon
    Estragon Registered Users Posts: 4,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Maybe AWS will have an app so we can upload ourselves to the cloud so we can see how things turn out.

    Might be nice if they had lots of cheap batteries to keep the servers running :smile:
    Off-grid.  
    Main daytime system ~4kw panels into 2xMNClassic150 370ah 48v bank 2xOutback 3548 inverter 120v + 240v autotransformer
    Night system ~1kw panels into 1xMNClassic150 700ah 12v bank morningstar 300w inverter
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  • dehv
    dehv Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭
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    if only they could draw power from rotting corpses instead of potatoes...
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