• Newly developed battery provides a safe and cheap means to store energy

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    Ceramatec has developed a new battery which can be used to store large amounts of energy at a low cost. The reason most of the houses having equipment to harness solar and wind energy are still connected to the grid is due to the high cost of batteries that are required to store energy when these factors are not available. However, Ceramatec’s new battery made up of solid materials claims to store 20 to 40kW of power. This battery can release power continuously at the rate of 5kW per hour for 4 hours, and it will have a life of 3650 charge cycles. When calculated using the estimated price of the battery which is about $2,000, it will provide power at only 3 cents per kilowatt hour, which is drastically less than the average 8 cents charged by the electricity company. For those of who don’t know, this much energy is sufficient for running, a vacuum cleaner, stereo, sewing machine, trash compacter, food processor, electric burner and thirty three 60-watt light bulbs.


    Apart from this, the battery is also safer as it stores energy at temperatures of 90 degrees Celsius, while in conventional batteries liquids can be heated to up to 600 degrees Celsius. These batteries can help to remove major hurdles existing in further popularization of concept of generating and using energy from renewable sources.
    [naturalnews]

    Posted in Topics:Alternative Energy, Tags: , on April 13, 2010