Welcome to our latest issue of Energy Storage Journal.
In this issue we look at the pivotal role that the combination of PV power with next generation storage is leading us on in the march to a decarbonized future. The combination of solar+storage might not have made economic sense a decade ago but plummeting prices make it the new reality.
That said we also warn that the wide disparity in the costs of moving to a carbon-free future are ill-formed, badly-costed and lack international credibility to work. It’s time to think about this carefully. The easy dismissal of lead batteries in this thinking, for example, is short-sighted as are moves to full decarbonization.
We profile too, Akira Yoshino, the genius who turned John Goodenough’s work on lithium ion batteries into the concrete energy storage devices we use everyday.
We hope you enjoy this issue.