Comments on: Liquid Metal Battery Startup from MIT’s Don Sadoway Gets $15-Million Boost, Investments from Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, & Total

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:57:00 +0000

This battery appears to be excellent for its intended purpose – large scale grid storage.

This battery is not intended to be used in your hearing aid.

By: Captivation

Captivation — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:18:00 +0000

Can’t be that much of a pipe dream since methanol fuel cells are already available as commercial products and methanol fuel is cheaper than gasoline. But the beauty of an energy democracy is that we will all get to choose. For me it might be a few solar panels. For you, an off grid Thorium reactor in the back yard. The only thing we can’t allow is the continued use of fossil fuels.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 01:12:00 +0000

pipe dream mate, Thorium reacotr (LFTR) and some of these batteries and you could walk away form the power grid altogether,

By: Omharisai

Omharisai — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:57:00 +0000

Excellent innovation. Liquid metal batteries may help boost the storage capacity of current and future solar power farms.

By: Luke

Luke — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:15:00 +0000

Fantastic News! The outreach that TED provided has once again allowed new technology to be developed and move forward. Hopefully we’ll see these batteries deployed in a few years!

(I’m imagining shipping container size batteries appearing at solar and wind farms)!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:35:00 +0000

Look forward to when they get to the point of pricing these out. What with Texas selling electric for $0.00 at night. If you could price out a home size unit, there is a big market there. Yes the big boys would want it to, but the power company could get it users to create the storage base for it.

By: Captivation

Captivation — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:01:00 +0000

I get my liquid batteries at the beer store. But on a serious note, methanol and ethanol seem to be seriously underrated as energy stores. They become liquid batteries the moment you put them in a fuel cell.