From Plants to Batteries
A Florida State University research team has developed a way to use a common material found in plants to help create safer, larger capacity batteries. By incorporating lignin an organic compound in the cell walls of plants that makes them rigid the team has created a type of electrolyte compound, says professor Hoyong Chung.
Electrolytes, which separate the negative and positive terminals of a battery, can be either liquid or solid, and each type has its strengths and weaknesses. “Liquid electrolytes are good conductors of ions, but solid electrolytes are typically safer, stronger and can be used at higher temperatures than liquid versions,” says Chung.
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March 3, 2021
The Florida Public Service Commission on Tuesday approved two rate change requests from Gulf Power one to cover Hurricane Sally recovery costs and the other due to the conversion to natural gas generation.
The rate changes will lead to a net decrease for customer bills beginning in March, according to Gulf Power.
Gulf Power customers will bear the cost of $206 million in Hurricane Sally costs. For residential customers, the charge will be $3 a month on a 1,000 kwh bill.
But that increase will be more than offset by savings from the conversion of Plant Crist, recently renamed as the Gulf Clean Energy Center, from coal to natural gas. Gulf Power constructed a 39-mile long natural gas pipeline through North Escambia from Century to the plant.
Gulf Power customers will see a slight decrease in their monthly power bills after the Florida Public Service Commission approved changes to the power company s rates in response to Hurricane Sally and the end of coal use at Plant Crist.
The Public Service Commission, which regulates the rates utilities can charge, approved two measures Tuesday that will decrease the cost by $0.73 for each 1,000 kilowatt-hour of electricity.
Gulf Power sought to recover the $206 million it paid to restore power following Hurricane Sally in 2020. The commission approved that measure, which would add $3 per 1,000 kilowatt-hour of electricity for Gulf Power customers.
However, that increase was offset by another measure to reduce Gulf Power s Environmental Cost Recovery Clause because the former Plant Crist, which Gulf Power has renamed the Gulf Clean Energy Center, switched from using coal as a fuel source to natural gas.
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