2018 | Netherlands | Centaine Du Toy van Hees

Blue Battery

Water issue adressed: Too dirty
Blue Battery - a sustainable rechargeable battery based on water

The Blue Battery is an alternative storage medium in which electrical energy can be stored and extracted by reactions from a redox couple. When a Blue Battery is charged, energy, in the form of electrical energy, is added to energy-poor substances. The acid-base-salt fuel stack can serve as a sustainable alternative. The principle of this fuel stack is based on the properties of ion-selective membranes in combination with acidic, basic and saline solutions, whereby water can be split and formed without the formation of gas. The substances can be re-used and the battery could form an new alternative to store solar or wind energy on household level. In this way people can sustainable produce and store energy by using water.

This is how I came up with the idea for this project:

More than 7.5 billion people currently occupy our beautiful planet, called earth. That number increases every day. Most of us only take from earth, without giving anything in return. It is causing our environment to deteriorate slowly. Most people do not realise, that every individual has the strength and opportunity to stop that. With this research, I wanted to contribute to the improvement of our current and future environment. I always wanted to do something to help in some kind of way. When I had to carry out an investigation on behalf of my high school, I took my chances. When I came across the Blue Battery and I knew that it was the best thing to do. A lot of hard work and effort resulted in this.

CONTACT WATERTANK

Ania Andersch

Programme manager ania.andersch@siwi.org +46 8 121 360 59