| Hi all, Please excuse the off topic post, but this is huge. Innolith AG (a Swiss maker of batteries), has announced a new battery with triple the energy storage density. It is made out of inexpensive compounds so it is likely to be cheaper than current batteries, and can cycle thru twice as many charge - discharge cycles than current Lithium ion batteries. Read more here: If this works the way it is claimed, it will change the world. Gasoline powered vehicles won’t be able to compete except in specialized situations. This makes renewable power MUCH more viable as grid level storage has always been a huge problem. This looks to be a bit better than the Maxwell Technology Batteries that Tesla bought this February. So it looks like TWO companies have breakthru battery technology. Frankly, I’ve been shocked how quickly batteries have improved in the last 5 years. If the cost per kilowatt hour for mass production batteries come down just a bit farther, we will see the world change. Interesting times. Warm regards, Rick. |