Inter­mit­tent pow­er sources like wind and solar will require sup­port­ing the grid with long-dura­tion storage—a con­cept we are just begin­ning to explore.

 

Cita­tion:

Kurtz, Sarah, Noah Kit­tner, Ser­gio Castel­lanos, Patri­cia Hidal­go-Gon­za­lez, and Daniel Kam­men. “For Clean­er, Green­er Pow­er, Expand the Def­i­n­i­tion of ‘Bat­ter­ies.’” Issues in Sci­ence and Tech­nol­o­gy (June 11, 2021).

For the orig­i­nal, click here.

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For Clean­er, Green­er Pow­er, Expand the Def­i­n­i­tion of “Bat­ter­ies”