Intermittent production is the biggest obstacle to an electric grid powered by wind and solar, but there is not yet a large-scale emissions-free solution. Form Energy, co-founded by MIT professor Yet-Ming Chiang, might have an answer. In this article, James Temple, MIT Technology Review's senior editor for energy, describes the approach that Form is taking to develop cheap, long-duration batteries; plus, some strategies that other startups are utilizing to solve the problem of grid storage.
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