A Massive Swedish Enterprise In Support Of The Fossil-free Society

A Massive Swedish Enterprise In Support Of The Fossil-free Society

- Peter Berlin

Nuclear and hydro-electric power stations produce fossil-free electric energy continuously and reliably, but their eco friendliness is debatable. To satisfy the world’s ever-growing hunger for uninterrupted supply of electric energy, the most obvious solution is to store peak energy flows from solar panels, wind turbines and underwater tidal generators in electricity “reservoirs”, i.e. batteries. But batteries have long been too expensive to fulfill the purpose in an affordable manner; their operational lifetimes have been limited, and producing them is often an ecologically unfriendly process. If we are to achieve a viable fossil-free society anytime soon, battery performance, cost and manufacturing techniques have to be improved urgently.