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Molten Metals to Green the Grid

MIT professor Don Sadoway thinks massive batteries made from liquid metals might let us use more renewable energy. If his revolutionary batteries could store the energy produced by wind and solar power, we could then use that electricity at times when the

The U.S. government is investing hundreds of millions in high risk, high reward research that could produce what it calls “transformational technology” that changes our energy future. Host Jeff Young visits the lab of a MIT scientist who got support to develop batteries made from molten metals. If it works, it could allow for massive storage of renewable energy for times when there’s not enough sun or wind.