Comments on: Bill Gates Backs Liquid Metal Battery http://gigaom.com/2011/05/20/bill-gates-backs-liquid-metal-battery/ Sun, 26 May 2013 05:11:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: JRP3 http://gigaom.com/2011/05/20/bill-gates-backs-liquid-metal-battery/#comment-626077 Mon, 23 May 2011 23:11:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=348116#comment-626077 It’s a grid storage battery so density isn’t really a concern, cost and durability are what matter.

]]> By: Charles E. Campbell http://gigaom.com/2011/05/20/bill-gates-backs-liquid-metal-battery/#comment-625881 Sun, 22 May 2011 23:30:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=348116#comment-625881 I love the idea of Bill Gates providing seed funding for a nonconventional idea. However, I question whether he would provide the same seed funding for innovators who are not MIT Professors. Innovation is not relegated only to those with degrees from Harvard, Yale, Stanford and MIT. The power of ideas and those who dare to try something different are the key active ingredients for innovation. Congratulations to Donald Sadoway, Liquid Metal Battery!

Charles E. Campbell, Founder & CEO
Allen Hydro Energy Corporation (AHEC)
http://www.ahecEnergy.com
True Innovation @ Work

]]> By: connectedtraveler http://gigaom.com/2011/05/20/bill-gates-backs-liquid-metal-battery/#comment-625551 Fri, 20 May 2011 16:16:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=348116#comment-625551 This is very encouraging to see battery technology getting much needed attention and to see that venture funding sees the future. This will certainly bear results before traveling wave reactors another of Gates’ projects.

]]> By: Katie Fehrenbacher http://gigaom.com/2011/05/20/bill-gates-backs-liquid-metal-battery/#comment-625550 Fri, 20 May 2011 16:12:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=348116#comment-625550 @Tyler, I’m not sure on that. I’ll ping them though, good question. I would guess there is a trade off for such a low cost. Sadoway said to us that the cost has to get below $100 per kilowatt-hour (and CNET has total installed cost at below $250 per kilowatt-hour). So that’s pretty cheap.

]]> By: Tyler http://gigaom.com/2011/05/20/bill-gates-backs-liquid-metal-battery/#comment-625543 Fri, 20 May 2011 15:39:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=348116#comment-625543 Any sense of energy densities and how they compare, say, with lithium-ion? This development, along with Arizona-based Fluidic Energy, is encouraging.

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