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   On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 20:04:07 -0500   
   JAB  wrote:   
      
   >  NASA Battery Tech to Deliver for the Grid   
   >   
   > A battery built for satellites brings grid-scale storage down to Earth   
   >   
   > Technologies for space are designed to be tough, safe, and   
   > long-lasting. So what happens when you bring the battery chemistry   
   > deployed on the International Space Station, nickel-hydrogen, down to   
   > Earth?   
   >   
   > "[It's] the most durable battery ever invented," says Jorg Heinemann.   
   > Nickel-hydrogen batteries, he says, can last for 30,000 charge cycles,   
   > are fireproof, and outperform lithium-ion batteries on a number of key   
   > metrics for energy storage at the large scale.   
   >   
   > Heinemann is CEO of EnerVenue, a nickel-hydrogen battery manufacturer   
   > based in Fremont, Calif. "Our cost is comparable to where lithium-ion   
   > is going, and we use earth-abundant materials," he says. "Nickel is   
   > the most expensive thing we use. We operate at a 90 percent round-trip   
   > efficiency, more efficient than lithium-ion. And there's basically no   
   > maintenance on this battery, it was designed for sending up on a   
   > rocket ship into outer space."   
   >   
   > Nickel-hydrogen batteries can run for tens of thousands of cycles,   
   > giving them a life of over 30 years.   
   >   
   >   
   > https://spectrum.ieee.org/grid-scale-battery-storage-nickel-hy   
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   Wasn't it this NG that gave me a link to glass battery technology?   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_battery   
      
   If it's Goodenough! (/weak joke>   
      
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