No wonder all commercial efforts have failed

Posted Feb 28, 2025 9:58 UTC (Fri) by farnz (subscriber, #17727)
In reply to: No wonder all commercial efforts have failed by Cyberax
Parent article: Building an open-source battery

Also worth noting that flow batteries provide a potential answer for places like the extreme north of Alaska, which currently generate electricity from imported diesel. If you could have a setup where what renewables you get extend the battery runtime, and you refuel the battery the way you currently refuel the generator (but taking away the "drained" fluid to recharge elsewhere), that'd be really attractive.

Of course, just because it's a really attractive answer doesn't mean it will turn out to be practical or usable. But I can see why the interest is there, and as long as it's not distracting from the bigger problem of ending fossil fuel use, there's no real issue with people experimenting in their "back yards".