BASF starts innovation contest on energy storage

Ludwigshafen, Germany

The context calls for sustainable technologies which are capable of storing power from the grid and feeding it back into it. Together with companies, scientists, start-ups and inventors, BASF is looking for efficient solutions to store electricity on a long-term basis, which are financially viable, for example through lower investment costs. Innovative chemistry should play a central role in the submitted proposals.

Ideas can be submitted online until the beginning of June, 2015, at Ninesights (www.ninesigma.com/). BASF employees are excluded from participation. A jury of BASF experts and external specialists will choose the best proposals and award up to five winners. The winners will be announced in November 2015. Each of them receives a prize of

Source: IWR Online, 10 Feb 2015