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CNN) — What if we could use solar energy when the sun has set, or wind energy when the air is calm? Donald Sadoway is working on a way to make that happen.
The professor of materials chemistry at MIT is leading an effort to develop a new kind of battery — a “liquid metal battery” — that would enable the economical storage of energy from solar, wind and other sources so that it could be used when homes and businesses need it.
The missing link to renewable energy
Sadoway’s work landed him on TIME’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people this year and last month he was a guest on the Colbert Report.
In March, he described his project in an interview with CNN after giving a talk at the TED conference in Long Beach, California. “We need to have reliable sources of electricity. And wind and solar in harmony with a battery become reliable 24/7,” Sadoway said.
Watch Donald Sadoway’s TED Talk
Categories: Americas
Need of the hour to promote use of both the means of energy. I would welcome its use at my house if affordable