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> To power a house for a hundred hours you need a battery that can power 100 houses for 1 hour. A battery that is meant to power a single house doesn't need to
by tredre3 3y ago
> To power a house for a hundred hours you need a battery that can power 100 houses for 1 hour.
A battery that is meant to power a single house doesn't need to be able to output enough power for 100 houses.
It's important to not be misleading about that because, usually, the lower the rated output of a battery, the higher the power density can be. Which means cheaper and smaller batteries.
- enslavedrobot 3y agoI'm not sure I follow. What battery are you referring to when you say a low power density battery can have a high energy density? A flow cell battery? I'm talking about existing commodity batteries, like lithium ion batteries.