Raw Story: Liquid Battery Could Supercharge Clean Power

Topics: energy Engineering professor Donald Sadoway ♦ Liquid Metal Battery Corporation ♦ massachusetts institute of technology

 

Engineering professor Donald Sadoway on Thursday used an old-school chalk board at the prestigious TED gathering to write the formula for a liquid battery that could one day cut the need for new power plants.
“The way things stand, electricity demand must be in constant balance with supply,” Sadoway told the tech-savvy audience in southern California.
Inexpensive batteries made from liquid metal could store electricity from solar panels, wind farms, or existing generation facilities and save it for when it is most needed.

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