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Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy

TED · talk · Watch on YouTube

Renewables, batteries & storage

What it is

MIT professor Donald Sadoway argues that grid-scale storage is the missing piece for renewable energy. He sketches at the blackboard how large, cheap liquid-metal batteries could store wind and solar power.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Referenced as an early, inspiring presentation of the molten-metal battery idea that later grid-storage startups pursued.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “If you want to see my poster-child for College Professors”

    Held up as the poster-child college professor.

    lifeisstillgood, 2013-04 · Strong recommendation · in “The Ever-Shrinking Role of Tenured College Professors”

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Topics: liquid metal battery, renewable energy, ted, energy storage, electrochemistry

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