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Old 02-07-2023, 02:33 PM
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I went on the Wikipedia page and read this:

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I did further google searches and there many upbeat articles but did not the get the impression that any viable battery will be on the market anytime soon. And they have been working on it since the 70's. But if you have Stanford and MIT working on it I suspect eventually they will get something to to market.

I was hoping to find out more information regarding toxicity and recycling but had no luck. Energy density is much better but it would be great if they solved the pollution problem as well.

I did come across another type of battery that supposed to be in production next year that maybe a good storage option for wind and solar projects.

Lithium-ion only provides approximately four hours of storage, whereas iron-air could deliver up to 100 hours—

Iron Air Battery: How It Works and Why It Could Change Energy

I hope one of these ideas pan out and don't end up fizzling like cold fusion or thorium reactors.

Last edited by ithos; 02-07-2023 at 02:52 PM.