En gammal dröm är att kunna lagra solen från sommaren till vintern.
I princip kan man lagra solcellsel i ett batteri till vintern.
Dock har det hittils varit väldigt dyrt och opraktiskt.
Bill Gates satsar nu en rejäl slant i Form Energy som vill kunna lagra el väldigt billigt och bra, över lång tid.
En av grundarna kommer från Tesla Energy.
Creating ultra-low cost, long duration batteries to transform the potential of renewable energy.
Renewable energy technology has come a long way in the past few decades, finally making solar and wind power generation competitive with fossil fuels on price. But they don’t work when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing. “If we want to power the world mainly with renewables we need to find a way to overcome that variability, so we have energy when we need it,” says Form Energy CEO Ted Wiley. That means storing energy long-term with batteries, to make up for a changing supply not only day by day but also week by week, and even across seasons.
With that in mind, the five founders created a new company: Form Energy. After completing the merger, they raised $9 million in capital in January to bring its total investment to $11 million. “I think everyone who invested believes that if anyone can bring a game-changing long duration storage solution to the market, it’s going to be this team,” says Chiang. The company hopes to settle on the best combination of chemicals and start large-scale prototypes to test on the grid within the next few years. “If we are successful,” says Wiley, renewables will become the lowest cost, most dependable source of energy for the world.”
https://www.engine.xyz/founders/formenergy/
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