The world’s biggest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 2, generates first power

Re:The world’s biggest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 2, genera... by missedthecue on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @11:19AM (#29726200)

Is there even enough lithium on earth for global grid storage, nevermind electric vehicles?

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Re:The world’s biggest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 2, genera... by thomasmg on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @03:43PM (#29729764)

Yes. Worst case, lithium can be extracted from seawater: https://electrek.co/2021/06/04/scientists-have-cost-effectiv... - but it's currently cheaper to get it from somewhere else. And lithium can be recycled. In the near future, I think most cars will use LFP batteries.

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Re:The world’s biggest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 2, genera... by RobertoG on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @12:31PM (#29727145)

There is a good chance that batteries for grid storage will be from different technologies than lithium.

For instance:

https://ambri.com/

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Re:The world’s biggest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 2, genera... by fukpaywalls2 on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @11:44AM (#29726520)

stationary batteries do not need to be from lithium. please search for iron or rust batteries.

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