Donald Sadoway on Liquid-Metal Batteries for Grid Storage

TED · Talk · 15 min · 2012 · YouTube title: Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy

Why it's here

Referenced as an early, inspiring presentation of the molten-metal battery idea that later grid-storage startups pursued.

What it covers

MIT professor Donald Sadoway argues that grid-scale storage is the missing piece for renewable energy. He sketches at the blackboard how large, cheap liquid-metal batteries could store wind and solar power.