Waters: 8- to 12-hour storage applications will emerge and surpass LFP
Jeff Waters · What’s next for the battery storage boom? [partner content] · Apr 23, 2025 · at 16:29
Powen CEO Jeff Waters explains the crossover point where long-duration grid storage demands non-LFP technologies.
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“But you will start to see more eight-hour, twelve-hour type applications emerging. And I think as that happens, you'll see other technologies kick into gear that will enable that better than LFP.”
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