Western Australian battery technology company Altech Batteries has announced its first Cerenergy ABS60 salt-based battery energy storage system prototype is online and operating successfully across a range of temperatures, confirming its thermal stability and commercial viability.
I’m off-grid. I participate in society. I just do it without monthly utility bills. I’d argue I can contribute more to society being liberated from some of the monthly blood sucking. I am fundamentally opposed to the subscription model of economics.
Sodium batteries are interesting in multiple ways. They aren’t the panacea of batteries, they can’t dump their amperage like lithium can, BUT they do charge hella fast. They’re safe enough you could have a huge plant if them next door to a fertility clinic or maternity ward. Windmills, solar panels and geothermal are the only current examples of that level of safety currently.
I wonder, with their size, if they could double duty as thermal mass (for passive heat retention/regulating).
My understanding was that besides using readily available non toxic materials (ala flow batteries) that there wasn’t really a shelf life on these, or we haven’t an experienced understanding of the upper limit of utility. The 15 year speculation makes me concerned they’re building in forced obsolescence.
Or. Or. And hear me out on this: participate in society.
Lol yes, but isnt off grid a hobby for a lot of people?
I’m off-grid. I participate in society. I just do it without monthly utility bills. I’d argue I can contribute more to society being liberated from some of the monthly blood sucking. I am fundamentally opposed to the subscription model of economics.
Sodium batteries are interesting in multiple ways. They aren’t the panacea of batteries, they can’t dump their amperage like lithium can, BUT they do charge hella fast. They’re safe enough you could have a huge plant if them next door to a fertility clinic or maternity ward. Windmills, solar panels and geothermal are the only current examples of that level of safety currently.
I wonder, with their size, if they could double duty as thermal mass (for passive heat retention/regulating).
My understanding was that besides using readily available non toxic materials (ala flow batteries) that there wasn’t really a shelf life on these, or we haven’t an experienced understanding of the upper limit of utility. The 15 year speculation makes me concerned they’re building in forced obsolescence.