| If the vision of Elon Musk comes to fruition, cobalt will become an important commodity for the mining industry in the future. The billionaire genius recently unveiled Powerwall, a home battery that give homeowners the ability to get off the commercial power grid entirely by storing surplus electricity generated from solar panels during the day or from the utility grid when rates are low.
Unlike Tesla's electric cars, Musk has stated Powerwall will use a more powerful battery consisting of nickel, manganese and cobalt. If the home battery takes off like many people expect it to (there are 38,000 reservations for the home battery pack so far), Tesla may require up to 10,000 tons per year of cobalt......................................Full Article: Source
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