storage battery
noun
: a cell or connected group of cells that converts chemical energy into electrical energy by reversible chemical reactions and that may be recharged by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to that of its discharge
called also storage cell
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The big picture: Lithium, which is a key metal inside both EV and stationary storage batteries, has seen its price drop by more than 50% over the past year.
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Dan Primack, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
Not including an inverter, cables, or storage batteries, one panel costs as little as €200.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep. 2024
The lab will also test storage batteries of the type utilities and industry increasingly use to use renewable sources and buffer demand spikes.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2024
In 2020, former U.S. President Donald Trump used the DPA to boost domestic production of rare earth minerals; more recently, Biden used it to increase production of minerals for EV and storage batteries.
—Morgan D. Bazilian, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2023
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Dan Primack, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
Not including an inverter, cables, or storage batteries, one panel costs as little as €200.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep. 2024
The lab will also test storage batteries of the type utilities and industry increasingly use to use renewable sources and buffer demand spikes.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2024
In 2020, former U.S. President Donald Trump used the DPA to boost domestic production of rare earth minerals; more recently, Biden used it to increase production of minerals for EV and storage batteries.
—Morgan D. Bazilian, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2023
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“Storage battery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/storage%20battery. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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