Wow, someone almost lost their house to a scooter fire, except some neighbors noticed and kept the flames from spreading...
"It turns out a scooter that was plugged in for charging had its batteries explode and scattered throughout the garage. Some of the batteries ricochet to the garage door, others were all the way inside the garage."
"#NegativePrices aren’t new, first occurring in Germany in 2008 as the nation ramped up wind and solar production.
But they were rare, until now.
Operators may be reluctant to make future investments because they’re not getting paid enough for the #CleanEnergy they’re churning out now.
So what’s the solution for producers and investors? The obvious one is to build more #batteries."
Wondering what the most likely contenders are to take over the Lithium-ion industry crown? No worries! Got you covered! Or at least, the folks at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany have got you covered anyway. Here's a look at their comprehensive 2024 study.
the report mentioned in the video is a free download and can be found as a pdf on the right side of this page. It's mostly in English but has some pages in German.
'What if a common element rather than scarce, expensive ones was a key component in electric car batteries?
A collaboration co-led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher is hoping to spark a green battery revolution by showing that iron instead of cobalt and nickel can be used as a cathode material in lithium-ion batteries.'
Everyone is talking about building very large #batteries for energy storage, for when the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow. Turns out, that is the most expensive solution. There are faster solutions that yield money.
"Lovins and many other #EnergyEfficiency experts have spent decades pointing out that an integrated system approach that focuses as much or more on consumption than supply will be so much cheaper than the current approach focused on supply."
@annajanejoyner
One major climate message that we've really got to elevate above all others is that addressing global warming is way, way, way, way less expensive than ignoring it!
The cost of solar power has dropped around 90% over the past decade, and battery storage costs dropped 85% during the same period.