DOE must look beyond lithium for 100% clean grid — study

July 8, 2022

To fully decarbonize the U.S. grid, the Department of Energy needs to invest in developing energy storage technologies that do not rely on lithium, according to a recent study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The study emphasizes the need for more types of energy storage to ensure reliability and control cost, as the country adds more wind and solar power to its grid. Such renewable sources are variable, generating more energy when the sun is out or the wind is blowing.

(…) Another potential energy storage mechanism, hydrogen, is already a focus at DOE, which plans to fund demonstration projects.

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