About the size of four large shipping containers and containing the power of 10 million standard AA batteries, one of the largest batteries ever created will be able to supply 1MW of electricity for four hours. Everything is hush-hush right now because apparently a secret combination of chemicals to store the energy from renewable sources is needed to pull off the technology. Is this something the Decepticons would be interested in? From the article,Â
The battery should be operational by late 2009 and will help solve one of the main problems of wind and solar power, added the power firm, one of Britain’s biggest with around 8.1 million electricity and gas customers. ‘Green power is only generated from wind farms when the wind blows, and that might not be when the power’s needed by customers,’ said Bob Taylor, MD of Energy Wholesale and Technology. ‘By researching and developing this battery we can store the power generated by wind farms any time and then use it when our customers need it the most. A school with solar panels can store the power generated at weekends and use it when the kids are back in school.’”
A clever idea — and we’re hopeful that the advancement of the technology can mean greater justifications for wind farms and their fickle energy output. Hit the jump for more.Â
Note: While we wish it were true, image is not actual battery
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