storage battery

noun

|Updated on: 10 Aug 2018

Definition of storage battery

: a cell or connected group of cells that converts chemical energy into electrical energy by reversible chemical reactions and that may be recharged by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to that of its discharge — called also storage cell

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Federal and local officials say all hospitals now have adequate generators and, in some cases, solar power and energy storage batteries to kick in during a power loss.

— frances robles, New York Times, "FEMA Was Sorely Unprepared for Puerto Rico Hurricane, Report Says," 12 July 2018
Federal and local officials say all hospitals now have adequate generators and, in some cases, solar power and energy storage batteries to kick in during a power loss.

— frances robles, New York Times, "FEMA Was Sorely Unprepared for Puerto Rico Hurricane, Report Says," 12 July 2018
Although the company sells the luxury Model S and Model X, along with storage batteries and solar power systems, its future depends on high-volume sales of the Model 3.

— russ mitchell, latimes.com, "Tesla turns back effort to remove Elon Musk from chairman seat; directors win new terms," 5 June 2018
Kitson gave the land to Florida Power & Light for free, which then spent more than $100,000,000 installing all the panels, wires and storage batteries.

— phil keating, Fox News, "Florida's 'city of the future' is first solar-powered town in America," 6 June 2018
But the roofs have yet to be produced beyond the research and development stage, and sales of the storage batteries are growing slowly.

— russ mitchell, chicagotribune.com, "Tesla Model 3 delivery delayed again," 9 Jan. 2018
Federal and local officials say all hospitals now have adequate generators and, in some cases, solar power and energy storage batteries to kick in during a power loss.

— New York Times, "Puerto Rico Nervously Prepares for Hurricane Season: ‘What if Another One Comes?’," 14 May 2018
Federal and local officials say all hospitals now have adequate generators and, in some cases, solar power and energy storage batteries to kick in during a power loss.

— patricia mazzei, BostonGlobe.com, "Puerto Rico nervously prepares for hurricane season," 14 May 2018
Since the 1930s Walter had proposed that U-boats be powered with electric motors and that their energy come from storage batteries.

— david grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Long-Lost Nazi U-Boat Finally Found," 20 Apr. 2018

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