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21/02/17

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An Adelaide company has developed a silicon storage device that it claims costs a tenth as much as a lithium ion battery to store the same energy and is eyeing a $10 million public float.

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Put another way, he says the company can build a 10MWh storage device for about $700,000. The 714 Tesla Powerwall 2s that would be needed to store the same amount of energy would cost $7 million before volume discounts.

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http://www.copyright link/news/sili...t-of-water-says-adelaide-firm-20170207-gu7eg7

1414 Degrees clean storage is set to reduce energy costs by increasing the efficiency of renewable generation and stabilising grid supply.

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a patented thermal energy storage system (TESS) storing energy as latent heat in molten silicon

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http://1414degrees.com.au/
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