The U.S. Department of Energy illegally gave China $15 million in taxpayer-funded, groundbreaking technology for a powerful rechargeable battery used for grid energy storage. It took six years to develop a vanadium redox flow battery that could power a house and could be charged and recharged for up to 30 years.
The #WasteOfTheDay:
- The DOE gave the Chinese the technology in 2017 and 2021 as part of a sublicense and license transfer, respectively
- UniEnergy Technologies, a company in Washington state, was forced to shut down after being unable to get a license from the DOE
- Another company, Forever Energy, was unsuccessful in getting a license and is now manufacturing the batteries in China
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