No connection really, I just piggy backed on your email since that's the
only way I can send messages and forgot to erase the preceeding title.
But yes, now that you mention it, battery storage is still the
"expensive" link in the residential photovoltaic equation. Still having
to be hooked up to the grid keeps the Utilities in business. A light and
cheap alternative to existing batteries commercialized today for that
purpose would bring PV's to suburbia, and as well as revolutionize the
EV market. That's the promise made by plastic batteries and the article
explains why, even though the technology looks sound, it hasn't been
commercialized yet. It's the same old story of already existing product
on the shelf and previously invested capital in other types of
technology which holds them back. My point is that if something as
benign as plastic batteries can't make it on the market because of the
status quo and product "displacement", can you imagine the problems new
energy will face?
Jerry wrote:
>uuuhhhhh, I missed the connection, what does commercialization of
>plastic batteries have to do with the thread of a renewed interest in
>solar energy? As in collection/reception of energy versus storage of
>energy??
>
>and if a connection follows, what is the URL or quote so that the
>article can be read?
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