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zg3409 t1_j312qok wrote

Flow batteries have been around for 10+ years. They are basically a lead acid battery (or similar) where the liquid in the battery is moved in and out of battery into a big liquid storage so the battery itself is small but the amount of liquid is massive. Nothing really special and tend to be relatively expensive. Maybe handy for reducing costs of running generators at night. Lots of previous research on them. It's more an engineering solution than magic. Here from 2005 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dundalk-college-gets-wind-turbine-to-supply-its-electricity-1.483649

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StrugglesTheClown t1_j31fnkr wrote

I'm assuming the goal would be more energy independence if military installations. So Solar and wind tied to a big ass battery, or something like that

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DukeOfGeek OP t1_j33bk95 wrote

Not having to ship fuel to a remote base is double plus good.

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