cheaper solar energy Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:17:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Specially Designed LiFePO4 Batteries Aiming To Reduce Solar Power Cost https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lifepo4-battery-solar-power-cost-20120214/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lifepo4-battery-solar-power-cost-20120214/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:12:31 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=22385 Solar power plants need to store the energy they produce, and this is one of the challenges the alternative energy sector faces nowadays. A new type of LiFePO4 battery developed by UK researchers fits perfectly for this task. The novelty has been the replacement of lead acid batteries regularly used in such cases with the […]

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