Flow batteries can feed energy back to the grid for up to 12 hours – much longer than lithium-ion batteries, which only last four to six hours.
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Australia has all the key ingredients to build a booming battery industry. We just need to find the right cooks and co-ordinate all of this frantic activity to get this big opportunity right.
If the proposed pumped hydro scheme at Onslow goes ahead and is managed well, it could be a major asset to diversify a low-carbon, self-resilient economy in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Pumped thermal electricity storage turns electricity into heat and back again – which can compensate for the intermittent supply of renewables.
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Associate researcher in Fluid Mechanics Energetics Process and Civil Engineering (PhD-Ing), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
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Postdoctoral researcher in Energy Storage, University of Cambridge
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Climateworks Centre Country Lead, Australia, Monash University
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Energy Systems Program Impact Manager, Climateworks, Monash University, Monash University
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PhD Candidate in Pumped Thermal Energy Storage, University of Cambridge
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Professor and Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Stellenbosch University
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Professor Emeritus, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW