The Future of Energy Storage: Tackling the Battery Challenge

Battery and energy storage technology are becoming increasingly important in tackling worldwide environmental issues nowadays.

Battery is useful for many types of renewable energy. For example, the use and operation of solar power requires battery technology. Given that solar power is only available during the day, battery technology is needed to store that energy generated during daytime for use during the night. Also, given that solar radiation is supplied in an unreliable manner – completely dependent on the weather conditions that day – battery technology will be needed to supply households with power generated previously during days with no sun.

Battery is also needed in energy sources such as wind power. Given that wind power is also acquired on an unreliable, natural supply, battery power is needed to supply energy on days with no wind.

Battery is also needed to support the operation of electric vehicles – a popular alternative to cars that burn fossil fuels today. Electric vehicles operate in the mode of being charged, storing the electricity in its battery, and consuming that electricity when being driven. Thus, battery technology is crucial to the electric vehicle industry.

Given all these useful applications of battery technology, it becomes clear that developments in this section can really assist our progress in tackling major environmental issues.