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They have two big problems: 1. lack of efficiency - only 80% roundtrip, much less than Lithium. 2. they go completely offline for periodic maintenance. This
by Andys 6y ago
They have two big problems:
1. lack of efficiency - only 80% roundtrip, much less than Lithium.
2. they go completely offline for periodic maintenance. This is done automatically by Redflow, but the loss of availability is problematic in some circumstances.
- ZeroGravitas 6y agoLithium seems to have won the high efficiency niche, but there's probably room for lower efficiency flow type batteries as long as they're super cheap.
- Andys 6y agoAgreed, but unfortunately, they are not cheaper and I'm not sure if its economies of scale or something else