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US grid adds batteries at 10x the rate of natural gas in first half of 2024 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by SeaJ@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

there’s not enough lithium on this planet to store enough energy for like half of europe nevermind entire world

This is a good use case for sodium batteries. They're less energy-dense so not great for vehicles, but for a stationary application like this they're perfect.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

yeah this is fine, but these need to run at high temperatures last time i've checked. that makes it a bit more complicated to use

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Sodium electric batteries, like the type that CATL developed? Or do you mean hot molten salt thermal batteries? Because I think the other poster is referring to the first kind.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

i thought sodium batteries need low hundreds C for ceramic electrolyte to work. i stand corrected

e: CATL made sodium-ion battery, i was thinking of sodium-sulfur battery