How powerful is the world's biggest battery?
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As of 2020, the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery is hooked up to the Southern California power grid and can provide enough power for about 250,000 homes. But it's actually not the biggest battery in the world: a pair of lakes are. How can lakes be a battery? Explore how inventors are rethinking what a battery can be, and how these surprising solutions could help us achieve a sustainable future.
Explain how the lakes mentioned in the video store and release energy.
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- Director Lisa LaBracio
- Narrator Jack Cutmore-Scott
- Storyboard Artist Wing Luo
- Illustrator Luísa Holanda
- Art Director Luísa Holanda
- Animator Murilo Jardim
- Music André Aires
- Sound Designer André Aires
- Hype Producer Taíla Soliman
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Hype Executive Producer Gabriel Garcia
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Editorial Producer Elizabeth Cox
- Script Editor George Zaidan
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