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Startup harnesses cutting-edge technology to power the nation with old electric car batteries: 'We can operate batteries that others can't'

The Cool Down
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California startup uses old electric car batteries to store electricity.

Element Energy is reportedly the biggest such operation in the U.S. and Europe .

The company says it can cut up to 50% of the cost "on a fully installed basis" by leveraging used battery parts.

It's part of a so-called duck-curve model explained by the US . Energy Department .

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