… if you are looking to scale this to a couple of hundred megawatts, just stop reading and thinking about this now
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/09/29/china-connects-worlds...
It doesn't seem like it would take up that much space to have 200 shipping containers sitting somewhere, i'm pretty sure the Home Depot distrubution center in our town already is close to that in their parking lot (yes, you would want them not on wheels, and farther apart)
I only wish they made one that were barrel sized and fit for consumers. Worst case, you have a leak vs a home battery fire.
Battery fires are an EV (and then, only certain models) and laptop/phone thing. Only a few home batteries use the really flammable electrolytes (mostly Tesla Powerwalls, I'd bet). Most people are using LFP for home, which is less expensive and doesn't have the fire problem.
The Chinese company didn't steal this technology. It was given to them — by the U.S. Department of Energy. First in 2017, as part of a sublicense, and later, in 2021, as part of a license transfer."
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1114964240/new-battery-techno...
Not all Lithium Ion chemistries react this way. LFP does not explode:
1) Its scalable to dishwasher size, ( enough to power a tiny house )
2) If you shot it with a bullet, it would just leak salt water. That is all. Lithium Ion will explode:
Now here is the quiz: If you have a cell phone that is inflating, do you A) Dunk it in water? or B) Toss it in a full document safe? or c) Quickly empty your document safe, and toss it in?
If a flow battery leaks, you can toss in a chicken into the delightful brine.
Since you cannot scale this easily to Utility sized batteries easily, the D.O.E. is not interested. i.e. if you are looking to scale this to a couple of hundred megawatts, just stop reading and thinking about this now. This is NOT mobile. Its not useful for cars or cities. Its right sized for homes.