Battery storage systems seen shifting toward more abundant elements than lithium

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Cost and limits on the availability of key materials currently used inbattery manufacture have set a floor on lithium-ion battery costsand may constrain future deployment, inspiring a shift towardchemistries that use more earth-abundant elements, according to aMassachusetts Institute of Technology study.“Fossil fuel power plant operators have traditionally responded todemand for electricity-in any given moment-by adjusting the supplyof electricity flowing into the grid,” Robert Armstrong, MIT EnergyInitiative director and chair of the “Future of Energy Storage” study,said in a statement.