Zinc-ion batteries: 'Up to 50% cheaper than lithium-ion, with no raw-materials concerns'

Start-up Salient Energy says its groundbreaking energy-storage technology will be at least 30% less expensive — as well as safer and longer-lasting — than standard lithium batteries

A Salient Energy technician with one of its zinc-ion battery cells at the company's facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
A Salient Energy technician with one of its zinc-ion battery cells at the company's facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Salient Energy
Published 8 January 2021, 09:08Updated 11 January 2021, 09:56
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