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Lead cells were the first type of secondary batteries, invented by French physicist Gaston Plante in 1859. In the following 150+ years they have been refined considerably, and are currently used in many applications including, most notably “SLI” (starting, lighting …

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A reader with a long position on Axion Power (AXPW) asked for my opinion.  He notes from their 2012 10-K: “Our PbC energy storage device is a hybrid battery supercapacitor that combines the simplicity of lead-acid batteries with the faster …

Axion Power International: Buy? Sell? Hold? Read More »

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In my estimation, the subject of energy storage doesn’t get as much ink as it should.  At stake here, to a large degree, is the entire penetration of renewables onto the grid; at the utility scale, cost-effective storage will cause …

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