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Europe's Growing Investment in Long-Duration Energy Storage: Could Iron-Air Batteries Help Solve Multi-Day Renewable Gaps?
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Energy Central
Europe is investing in technologies to help create a more reliable renewable energy system and one of the latest developments demonstrates the interest in long-duration energy storage.
Traditional lithium-ion batteries typically store energy for hours, but the iron-air battery will be designed to hold electricity for 24 to 100 hours.
Long-duration storage could be an important part of addressing curtailment, while reducing reliance on fossil-fuel backup generation.
Which sectors/areas will be the first to benefit from multi-day energy storage?
I’d be interested to see what others think about the role of long-duration energy storage in Europe’s energy transition.