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This Southern California solar farm is using retired EV batteries for storing the power and then send to the grid when needed. This way the retired batteries can extend their usefulness for several...::A Southern California company is showing how repurposing EV batteries for stationary storage can extend their usefulness for several years.

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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

That would be cool, maybe cost to keep the CO2 levels maintained and leak proof? I'd be curious to learn more about CO2 filled enclosures. I think some rare books are kept in them?

Another alternative could be to flood the room with CO2 when an issue is detected. But I guess that's just fire suppression again

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