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Alfa, not crunched the numbers properly, but I suspect the energy density of a Li ion battery in calorimety terms may be higher than the electrical energy density!!

Nice long report here: https://web.archive.org/web/20130513081920/http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/Research/RFLithiumIonBatteriesHazard.pdf
Page 88 on.
Snippet: "Thus, a pallet of ten thousand 2 Ah 18650 cells (approximately 20,000 Ah of capacity) would contain approximately 2-3 GJ of energy that could be released by the cells alone. Packaging materials would increase the total energy available for release." (18650 cells are AA sized)

Any generic chemical company can manufacture it to a given spec, not a problem in the short term.

I see what you mean!
"At present, the only suitable low carbon firm power technology proven to work at scale is nuclear"
"Here, technologies like nuclear have a potentially revolutionary role to play in efficiently combining electricity generation with the production of heat and low-carbon hydrogen, critical for supporting the broader decarbonisation agenda"

https://library.prospect.org.uk/download/2020/00805

Thanks Alfa, does seem silly as they must have excess production slots. But hey, such is the murky world of curtailment.

What happened to the Northern Cape?
Some of the biggest wind installations are there!

Same for me Libero.....
I just bought another chunk at that price

Wow......Hey, newinvest should that not really read: newinyellowjersey?

Anyone seen the Roskill report: Vanadium outlook to 2029?

https://roskill.com/news/vanadium-largo-resources-announces-expiration-of-its-vanadium-off-take-agreement/
Mentioned at the end of this article.

Pat, that news is 4 years old:

https://www.energy-storage.news/news/imergy-enters-insolvency-and-lays-off-its-staff

You any good a fixing Governments?
Its an old Russian model, in need of a complete overhaul.

All hail the #neverspoons and Father Jack!!#

I lose interest in books like that....

What are you babbling on about?

You been down spoons for an early 'breakfast'?

In Sumitomo's latest contract they are making fire safety a key selling point.
https://www.energy-storage.news/news/51mwh-vanadium-flow-battery-system-ordered-for-wind-farm-in-northern-japan

Could get even more interesting if the parent company takes an interest!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofina

School holidays have started innit!

Their mums have let them stay up later than usual, even though they have been off school since March!

Why would they need vanadium to build golf courses?

I don't think that Fe based batteries are a threat. The big problem with iron is that Fe(II) is notorious in solution and will oxidise to Fe(III), to overcome this problem you have to start using iron complexes. The complexing molecules themselves are likely to degrade over time, so whilst the Fe battery may work well the electrolyte may need replacing much more often.

" a major server failure."

Someone is playing solitaire on the Amstrad again you mean!

Ahh, but Bolsonaro has declared it a 'little flu' and that people in Brazil should not act 'like women' yadda yadda
Fortunately for the population, the state governors are largely ignoring him and shutting up shop.

We just ate our last Labrador puppy :-(

Tonight is Guinea Pig fritters

At least Friday is (gold)fish and chips ..... well, I say chips, they are wotsits really, but hey enough Ketchup* and no can tell.

*Red food colouring in custard!