CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WRIC) — Researchers from the University of Virginia (UVA) have developed a new battery technology designed to improve renewable energy storage.
A new paper from the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science, titled “Selective Membrane for Non-Aqueous Electrochemical Flow Cells,” shows that this research would unlock a new energy storage method. The issue stems from the difference between when renewable sources are at their most productive and when the grid needs that power the most.
Charles Leroux, a chemical engineering Ph.D. student and the lead author of the new study published in Advanced Functional Materials, explained that solar farms can produce large amounts of energy. But he acknowledged that it’s hard to store it. As a result, solar power is not always available at the necessary times…