On Fri, 17 May 2019 14:17:26 -0700
Chris Albertson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Have you run the numbers?  What do they cost per KWH over 10 years?   The
> cost of each battery is meaningless.
> The "price to beat" right now is about $500  (the cost to buy and maintain
> over 10 years in dollars/KWH)
> 
> THose Telco batteries do last a LONG time because the telcos NEVER
> discharge them but at 50% discharge they get about 500 cycles which is
> REALLY good compared to most LA batteries.   But in this use case --
> storing solar power they will see one cycle per day and a 500 cycle
> battery will not last two years.
It might be worth looking a redox flow batteries, if they are available in 
suitable size somewhere. I think number of cycles and service life is good but 
did only spent a minute or so looking. I would expect they are a particularly 
good solution for long discharge/charge cycles but suspect short bursts of high 
power would be a problem.


Nicklas Karlsson


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