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The lithium supply chain has been giving nightmares to automotive stakeholders, who are scrambling to get their hands on enough of the soft, silvery metal to keep the EV battery assembly lines rolling along. Meanwhile, they are facing competition from other stakeholders that need lithium for their stationary battery arrays. Help is on the way, though. New forms of lithium-free energy storage systems have emerged to help free up supplies for electric cars, aircraft, and other mobile applications.
Long Duration Energy Storage: On Beyond Hydropower
Lithium-ion batteries are still the go-to technology for stationary energy storage, but they can only go so far. The typical Li-ion array provides for about 4-6 hours of electricity, depending on who’s talking. That is sufficient to cover many…
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