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Have they increased the cycle efficiency? Off the top of my head there is a round trip efficiency of ~70-80% compared to 85-95+ with Lithium. However thats on
by KaiserPro 8y ago
Have they increased the cycle efficiency? Off the top of my head there is a round trip efficiency of ~70-80% compared to 85-95+ with Lithium.
However thats on a cycle of <24h for multiple week storage, flow batteries have much much lower self discharge.
- Jedd 8y agoEverything is a tradeoff. Either cycle efficiency, or number of cycles before storage drops below 80% of original spec. And storage flow definitely wins on the longevity stakes. Personally I love the idea of a battery I can scale horizontally with relatively minimal cost / complexity.
- ams6110 8y agoWhen the marginal cost of the energy is zero (as in solar/wind) the efficiency matters less.