• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Power density doesn’t always matter. There are applications where space is abundant, but regular maintenance is prohibitively expensive.

      In my quick example of a remote monitoring station, it may cost $10,000+ to send a helicopter out to change the 12v car battery when it dies from exposure to extreme temperatures in 5 years or less. If something like this supercapacitor can last 20+ years without every be visited, it would be more cost effective.

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      11 months ago

      You wouldn’t build a foundation with lithium batteries though. This is additional power from something that would take up this space anyway