Ceramatec https://refractor.io/tag/ceramatec/ Ceramatec en-AU Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:14:57 GMT New solar battery technology offers household power at 2.5c per kWh https://refractor.io/environment/new-solar-battery-technology-offers-household-power-at-2-5c-per-kwh/ One of the smaller prototypes of the Ceramatec NaSICON solar batteries (Photo: Ceramatec)

As part of man's ongoing quest to extract the greatest benefits from solar power, Salt Lake City-based company Ceramatec, the R&D arm of CoorsTek, has made what it believes to be a massive breakthrough in batteries for storing energy harnessed from the sun. The company is making impressive inroads on the prototype of a deep storage battery, the size of a small refrigerator, that safely operates at room temperature, consists of everyday materials, and can output household power at 2.5c per kWh. What’s more, Ceramatec says it will be cheap to purchase.

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]]> Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:14:57 GMT https://refractor.io/environment/new-solar-battery-technology-offers-household-power-at-2-5c-per-kwh/ Jeff Salton