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Dynamic efficiency - the search for better batteries

Geoff Riley

9th April 2021

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Lithium-ion batteries dominate battery storage in the world economy but, as this FT short video explains, the hunt is on for alternatives.

These include vanadium batteries, hydrogen, and even volcanic rocks. Have a quick look and consider adding it to your notes as an example of potential gains in dynamic efficiency!

Dynamic efficiency - the search for better batteries
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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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