Where could millions of EV batteries retire? Solar farms.
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A Southern California company is showing how repurposing EV batteries for stationary storage can extend their usefulness for several years.

This Southern California solar farm is using retired EV batteries for storing the power and then send to the grid when needed. This way the retired batteries can extend their usefulness for several…::A Southern California company is showing how repurposing EV batteries for stationary storage can extend their usefulness for several years.

  • wooki@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Bring on electric grid storage but don’t delude yourself it’s all sunshine and rainbows. The dangers of lithium nickel cobalt fires and toxic chemical release is very serious with a weird cult like level of ignorance. The actual grid battery fires and subsequent poisioning that’s occurred recently without consideration for the downwind population and groundwater are raising some big red flags.

    Current state procedure for putting out lithium nickel cobalt fires. Hazmat gear and let it burn out.