When Finland recently unveiled the world’s first “sand battery”, there was speculation that Australian manufacturers would soon be rolling out their own versions, as they looked to burn less gas. Now, a pet food factory in Wodonga has announced it’s doing just that. The Mars Petcare facility, one of the largest pet-food makers in the […]
Commercializing the Zinc or Graphite Battery in Grid-Scale Energy Storage
Grid-scale renewable energy has been steadily increasing, and, therefore, several researchers have moved their attention from producing energy to the storage of energy. The sources for producing renewable energy are intrinsically variable, such as solar cells that transform sunlight into power, or windmills that convert air currents into electrical currents. Still or extremely cloudy days […]