Smart phones, smart cars, and now comes smart batteries.

Israeli energy firm Nation-E has developed a new battery system capable of communicating with the power grid. Reuters reports that depending on the time of day, the local demand for energy, and current tariff costs, the system functions like a self-contained smart grid and is able to compute whether it should store power for later use or if it should use it immediately. The decisions it makes cut could customer’s utility bills as well as make wind and solar energy storage more efficient.

via Smart Battery System Stores Energy, Communicates With Power Grid « REVMODO.

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