Gsus4@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoPeak Energy just shipped the US's first grid-scale sodium-ion batteryelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1341arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: hackernews
arrow-up1337arrow-down1external-linkPeak Energy just shipped the US's first grid-scale sodium-ion batteryelectrek.coGsus4@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews
minus-squareWomble@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-21 day agoIt would be nice to see a price/GWh of this (along with running costs, it says they save 1 Million per GWh, how much were the running costs before!?), but any improvement in battery tech is definitely a good thing.
minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoAlso the size of the thing and what happens to batteries after they die.
It would be nice to see a price/GWh of this (along with running costs, it says they save 1 Million per GWh, how much were the running costs before!?), but any improvement in battery tech is definitely a good thing.
Also the size of the thing and what happens to batteries after they die.