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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

According to their site:

A storage system of 3 m3 can store up to 10,000 kWh of energy

So about 3.33 MWh per cubic meter, 3.33 kWh per liter, or 3.33 Wh per cubic centimeter.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Hmm, if that's correct, that's even higher than liquid hydrogen, which would be really impressive.

Energy densities

Edit: Looks like their gravimetric energy density is 3.5kWh/kg

Edit 2: here's a comparison for batteries

Battery Cell Energy Density

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Since it's solid hydrogen I think it's to be expected, however I didn't see any information regarding energy losses which I imagine would be quite high when you have those kinds of cooling requirements.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

This is why I hate marketing pushes. If they're a good-faith business, the efficiency needs to be within shooting distance of reasonable against costs. But as we learned from the artificial meat industry (that ultimately admitted we've already probably reached lifetime price/quality/scale limits from the methodologies they're using) brutal honesty doesn't get you investors.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Thats in the ballpark of a year of usage from a household. Neat if true.