Li thium to safeguard the grid

摘要

From wind farms on the remote Faroe Islands to data centres in the heart of Europe, lithium-ion batteries are an increasingly attractive solution to high-density energy storage. A QUARTER CENTURY ago, Sony commercialised a technology that within the space of a decade pervaded consumer electronics. Despite its problems with flammability, the ability of the core lithiumion chemistry to hold larger charges than any other commercially available technology so far is beginning to see it change the way society manages electrical energy.