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Groupe Renault creating first European factory dedicated to the circular economy of mobility in Flins

Green Car Congress

At the end of its first life in the vehicle and well before recycling, the battery provides an indispensable solution for the development of renewable and intermittent energies: electricity storage. New operating opportunities such as stationary storage make it possible to perpetuate the service that the battery offers.

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Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

Cars That Think

They gradually lose capacity with each discharge and recharge cycle, and they can be fire hazards. California already has this kind of time-of-use rate from electricity generated by solar or wind,” says Liu. “So So that may create this need for storage…And then there will be a competition between thermal and electric [storage].”