Lead Carbon Batteries Chosen for Tibetan Power Plant

Lead Carbon Batteries Chosen for Tibetan Power Plant

Advances in technology, cost benefits and recycling led energy storage company China Shoto Energy Storage to forgo lithium ion batteries and instead install a 20MWh lead carbon battery in Tibet.

The system will ensure the quality of energy supply from intermittent solar generation to the grid by providing frequency and voltage services.

Venkat Srinivasan from the Argonne Collaborative Center

The lead acid battery ... is legendary. We can recycle 95+ percent of [these] batteries all across the world. It's a very safe chemistry, ... [and] we understand how to use it very, very well.

Dr. Venkat Srinivasan, Director, Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science