You may remember the sad saga of the vanadium redox flow battery. Described by NPR as “the size of the refrigerator,” this battery has the ability “to change the world” because they can charge and discharge energy for 30 years — and hold enough energy to power a house.
These batteries were invented in the United States, and American companies were ready and able to manufacture them in the United States, too. But then the Department of Energy stepped in… and sent production to China.
