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Do you have any sources for utility scale batteries with reasonable cost? The biggest I know of are in Australia and are extremely expensive, and provide such l

• MisterMower 4y ago
  Not to mention they employ batteries fabricated with toxic chemicals. It’s going to be tragic watching folks try to figure out how to safely dispose of these batteries 20 years from now. Not to mention the carbon that will be emitted to make them in the first place.
  • nl 4y ago
    Lithium Ion batteries are recyclable and the fact that not many are yet is mostly because of infrastructure rather than any technical issue: https://cen.acs.org/materials/energy-storage/time-serious-recycling-lithium/97/i28 https://cen.acs.org/materials/energy-storage/time-serious-re... This has improved since 2019 (when that article was written) and now all Tesla batteries are recycled[1][2]. [1] https://www.tesla.com/en_AU/support/sustainability-recycling https://www.tesla.com/en_AU/support/sustainability-recycling [2] https://electrek.co/2022/05/09/tesla-increase-battery-recycling-capacity-battery-packs/ https://electrek.co/2022/05/09/tesla-increase-battery-recycl...
    • brutusborn 4y ago
      Neometals im Australia also have leading edge recyling tech, at least leading Western companies.
  • ncmncm 4y ago
    Concern trolling not welcome here.
• tcfhgj 4y ago
  Are you talking about lithium batteries? Why on earth?
  • brutusborn 4y ago
    Not specifically. Energy storage?
    • tcfhgj 4y ago
      The cheapest storage of energy is gas cavernes underground
      • Zanfa 4y ago
        This seems extremely constrained by geology, even more than hydro. And what sort of gas would you be storing there?
        • tcfhgj 4y ago
          Hydrogen, methane
      • brutusborn 4y ago
        Again, any sources? I know of some gas storage caverns but they didn't come cheap.