New Battery Technology Could Offer Cheaper Renewable Energy Storage

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By Yale Environment 360May 30, 2014, 2:44 am29 pts
New battery technology that uses cheaper and safer materials to store large amounts of energy may soon enable utility companies to use more renewable power, Iron-chromium flow battery technology according to MIT Technology Review. The new device is a type of flow battery, and it uses liquid materials that rely…

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