Lab on the cusp of developing 'super' batteries

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Washington Examiner:

A senior scientist with the taxpayer-funded Argonne national lab says the nation is on the cusp of developing a "super battery" that could fundamentally change the way the world uses energy.

 

"The idea is to create a super battery that is economic and competitive" with fossil fuels, Jeffrey Chamberlain, the lab's executive director for energy storage, told a packed auditorium at a forum hosted by the Washington-based Atlantic Council.

 

Such a device would replace the gasoline used in conventional cars and trucks, while also being able to compete with natural gas and coal in generating electricity, he said.

 

Argonne is one of the nation's premier research and development centers operated by the Department of Energy. The lab has been at the forefront of developing cutting-edge battery technology in support of the president's electric vehicle and renewable electricity goals.

 

Chamberlain said Argonne wants to "democratize" energy through the use of more advanced batteries, in much the same way social media has democratized how information is now consumed.

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A senior scientist with the taxpayer-funded Argonne national lab says the nation is on the cusp of developing a "super battery" that could fundamentally change the way the world uses energy.

 

 

C-Span

 

Next Generation Battery Technology

April 6, 2015

Steve LeVine and Jeffrey Chamberlain talked about the development of next generartion lithium-ion battery technology.

 

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This is one of the things I mean by The Hinge Of History

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"Such a device would replace the gasoline used in conventional cars and trucks, while also being able to compete with natural gas and coal in generating electricity, he said."

 

If that is what he said then he is stupid. First part OK, but a battery does not generate electricity, it stores it, so it can't "compete" with natural gas and coal as it would just sit there.

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"Such a device would replace the gasoline used in conventional cars and trucks, while also being able to compete with natural gas and coal in generating electricity, he said."

 

If that is what he said then he is stupid. First part OK, but a battery does not generate electricity, it stores it, so it can't "compete" with natural gas and coal as it would just sit there.

I listened to his talk, and I didn't hear him say that.