EL VIAJE INTERMINABLE by Neus Bonet – El plumier de Nenuse

¡No me puedo creer que lleve el tren parado desde hace tres horas y sólo haya avanzado una estación! Primero, ha parado durante diez largos minutos justo saliendo de la estación en la que he subido. La tormenta de ayer hizo caer un árbol encima de las vías y los bomberos han estado trabajando toda […]

EL VIAJE INTERMINABLE by Neus Bonet

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New England installing iron air battery for grid – Darcy Hitchcock

New England needs a way to store excess wind power. Their current solution is installing an iron air battery on an old paper mill site. It will be the biggest battery system (not counting pumped hydro) in the world. It’s expected to be able to store energy for 100 hours, several days, so it’s perfect for the electrical grid. And by using iron, a much more prevalent material than lithium, it’s more sustainable.

The startup Form Energy plans to install its novel iron-air batteries at the site of a former paper and pulp mill in Lincoln, Maine, which sits off I-95 between Bangor and Mount Katahdin. The project would be able to inject 85 megawatts of power onto the grid, and maintain that level of discharge for up to 100 hours. Instead of burning fossil fuels for on-demand power, these batteries store energy from the grid at times of abundance, like when the offshore wind farms are cranking…

Source: New England installing iron air battery for grid – Darcy Hitchcock