Are Lithium-Ion Batteries Too Expensive for Storage?

[Marina Schwarz + 1,576]

This sounds bad...

[NickW + 2,714]

2 hours ago, Marina Schwarz said:

This sounds bad...

I often wonder why Lithium is used for anything other than mobile applications such as vehicles or personal devices.

For stationary applications Sodium is nearly as good, the weight is a less critical issue and the batteries are about 2/3rd the price.

IMO the supply of Lithium batteries for stationary storage will mainly come from redundant EV batteries which have lost a proportion of their capacity but are still functional.

Otherwise better options for storage and fast response are Pumped storage;

and Regenerative rail

https://www.wired.com/2016/05/forget-elons-batteries-fix-grid-rock-filled-train-hill/

 

 

[Marina Schwarz + 1,576]

Because it was easier to go with the lithium flow? I'm not sure anyone thought how much storage we'll need with all the renewable installations.