Saudi Potato Battery Could Be Commercially Available in One Year!

[Mosamania]

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Saudi Arabia: Potatoes maybe batteries of the future
Saudi researchers have produced a potato-powered battery that could be commercially available within the next year!


Taking cues from a 2010 paper published by Israeli and American researchers that showed the benefits of potato-powered batteries in rural areas, a Saudi researcher produced an even more efficient potato cell that could be commercially available within the next year. Professor of physics at King Abdulaziz University, Suliman Abdalla told SciDev.net that he is developing a prototype that is two times more efficient than a standard 1.5V battery, 26 times cheaper, and could provide clean energy for millions of people .

DIY Potato Batteries

Alex Golberg, a contributor to the 2010 paper and a fellow at Harvard Medical School in the United States told SciDev that they were interested in the do-it-yourself component of potato batteries.

For approximately USD9 per kilowatt, it’s possible for just about anyone to build their own cell with rudimentary tools by pressing vegetable matter between zinc and copper.

Its simplicity makes the technology particularly attractive for rural areas that lack access to their national grids.

Efficiency Gains

Abdalla experimented with a variety of vegetables to find out which produced the most efficient charge. He found that potatoes and garlic are most possible and that an 18mm slice of potato produced the most electrical power.

Golberg told SciDev.net that Abdalla’s team of researchers have improved upon the Israeli’s efficiency four fold, which opens the possibility that even further efficiency gains might be reached in the future.

Sri Lankan researchers also considered potato-powered batteries but opted for plantains instead since potatoes are a staple food.

In the meantime, Abdalla has received funding to develop a prototype for potential investors which means Potato-powered batteries from Saudi could be a reality within the next year!

Saudi Potato Battery Could Be Commercially Available in One Year! | Green Prophet
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Saudi Arabia: Potatoes maybe batteries of the future



Researchers in Saudi Arabia have produced a potato powered battery that may become commercially available as early as next year.

The battery was inspired by a 2010 paper published by Israeli and American scientists, that showed the benefits of potato powered batteries to those living in rural areas.

Professor of physics at King Abdulaziz University, Suliman Abdalla said that he is developing a prototype that is two times more efficient than a standard 1.5V battery, 26 times cheaper, and could provide clean energy for millions of people.

Experiments with a variety of vegetables show that potatoes produce the most energy and are most suited to be used to produce batteries. According to the research, an 18mm slice of potato produces the most power.

Similar research has been carried out in Sri Lanka, but they opted not to pursue potato batteries as their crops are required as a staple part of the national diet.

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[Desert Fox]

So, are the potatoes going to be grown in Saudi Arabia or are they going to be imported? since Saudi Arabia doesn't have fertile farm lands.

[manofwar]

This should be in the stupid and funny all over the world thread man..
some more
seriously though it seems too good to be true....


Ofcourse if the saudis manage to make somthing that helps the poor masses of the world it would be great

[Mosamania]

So, are the potatoes going to be grown in Saudi Arabia or are they going to be imported? since Saudi Arabia doesn't have fertile farm lands.

Each one of those circle upclose is a 5 Kilometers long in diameter and they look like this:



And there is plenty of them. You as always dripping with ignorance.

[somebozo]

Dear we already have shortage of potato in KSA and now this! Tomorrow im gonna go hunt this professor down..this cant be true..innovation can only come from the neighbor on the eastern border.

[Desert Fox]

This should be in the stupid and funny all over the world thread man..

some more
seriously though it seems too good to be true....

You never know, it could be true, imagine using a pumpkin or a melon as a car battery, sure will decrease dependence on lithium, however might not last as long as lithium battery.

And there is plenty of them. You as always dripping with ignorance.

What's wrong with asking questions?

[Mosamania]

This should be in the stupid and funny all over the world thread man..

some more
seriously though it seems too good to be true....

This is green clean energy and with this research it is even "BETTER" than Lithium batteries.

[Mosamania]

Dear we already have shortage of potato in KSA and now this! Tomorrow im gonna go hunt this professor down..this cant be true..innovation can only come from the neighbor on the eastern border.

Yes because are genetically dumb according to them

[darkinsky]

Each one of those circle upclose is a 5 Kilometers long in diameter and they look like this:



And there is plenty of them. You as always dripping with ignorance.

do you guys have wrong nuts or what??

potato electricity is much cheaper or wind power electricity or solar electricity???

Each one of those circle upclose is a 5 Kilometers long in diameter and they look like this:



And there is plenty of them. You as always dripping with ignorance.

but i would really liketo know about the advantages of spot farming, and how saudis are getting the water etc?

[manofwar]

This is green clean energy and with this research it is even "BETTER" than Lithium batteries.

I didn't want to demean the research of the saudi scientists, I was just surprised. If they managed to do it, it would be great

[Desert Fox]

[anonymus]

Hey,

I made a potato battery along with a fire alarm using starter of tubelight for school science project.Didn't knew it could be commercially viable.

[Mosamania]

do you guys have wrong nuts or what??

potato electricity is much cheaper or wind power electricity or solar electricity???



but i would really liketo know about the advantages of spot farming, and how saudis are getting the water etc?

Well it was a food independence project in the 80s however right now it is unsustainable because population boom surpassed initial estimates. In the 80s studies said that Saudis would be 18 Million but they are 26 Million in 2010 so the growth ratio was too much on the farms development that is why we started importing Wheat and food again.

It irrigation system is by underground water wells. Saudi Arabia has a large amount of water underground however there is fears that it maybe drying up while others say it won't but that remains to be seen.

[BLACKEAGLE]

Great breakthrough!
I can't wait to see KSA among superpowers by 2025.

[Mosamania]

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Great breakthrough!
I can't wait to see KSA among superpowers by 2025.

Superpowers I doubt it. We will be however if our countries stick together and made an EU/NATO like alliance then nothing will come close by that time. However in our own we might become an industrialized nation with no dependence on Oil which is the original plan.