France approves 720MW of solar as price falls another 5%

Re:France approves 720MW of solar as price falls another 5% by teraflop on Monday August 13, 2018 @11:01AM (#17750615)

Supercapacitors are already commercially viable. I have one in my cheap dashcam because it withstands high temperatures better than a battery. The only problem is that their energy density is 1-2 orders of magnitude worse than lithium-ion batteries.

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Re:France approves 720MW of solar as price falls another 5% by PuffinBlue on Monday August 13, 2018 @11:43AM (#17750916)

Ah yes, I actually have one in my dashcam too! Oops. As you can see this is an area I don't know much about.

I was more thinking along the lines of larger 'industrial' scale capacitors, but I'm not sure if there are fundamental barriers physical that can't be overcome to make such devices a sensible route to pursue?

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