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Carbon footprint of grid-scale battery technologies calculated
2013-03-08 17:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Americans take electrical power for granted whenever they flip on a light switch. But the growing use of solar and wind power in the United States makes the on-demand delivery of electricity more challenging. A key problem is that the U.S. electrical grid has virtually no storage capacity, so grid operators can't stockpile surplus clean energy and deliver it at night, or when the wind isn't blowing. To provide more flexibility in managing the grid, researchers have begun developing new batteries...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical