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Battery Storage: Understanding the Battery Revolution 

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Battery Storage: Understanding the Battery Revolution
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Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

2,205

Mode of learning

Online

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Battery Storage: Understanding the Battery Revolution
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Highlights

  • Duration 4 weeks
  • Weekly study 3 hours
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Battery Storage: Understanding the Battery Revolution
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  • What is energy storage, and why is it so important? On this course, you will learn about the most promising energy storage technologies, such as batteries, and how they can affect the future of the transportation and power sectors.
  • As you'll see, the rising global demand for a stable energy supply requires flexible energy storage.
  • Change is happening fast in the field of energy storage. As our technology develops, the need for effective ways to store energy is evident. With this course, you'll learn how advancements in battery technologies can help address these needs.
  • As you work your way through this course, you'll examine how the battery revolution is already underway, and what this means for our society and the environment.
  • As well as understanding batteries and how they're used today, you'll also explore what the future of energy storage might look like.
  • You will examine the benefits of using battery energy storage for industrial products 'underground mining' and in mobility. You will also take a closer look at the lithium-ion battery production supply chain and manufacturing process.
  • In line with current advancements in new battery technology, this course mostly focuses on lithium-ion batteries. You'll explore their impact on the electric vehicle market, as well as at grid and home level.
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Battery Storage: Understanding the Battery Revolution
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

The importance of energy storage

Introduction to energy storage

How will energy storage change the transportation and power sectors?

How will energy storage transform our lives?

Large scale battery production

What is the supply chain of lithium batteries?

The manufacturing process of batteries

Energy storage application: industrial products

The future of the undergound mining sector

The business case of electrification in underground mining

The environmental impact of batteries for underground mining

Energy storage application: Electric Vehicles

Electric vehicles - current market

Electric vehicle charging infrastructure

Electric vehicles - business models

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