MOBILE ENERGY CARRIER AND ENERGY STORE
A mobile energy carrier with which energy in the form of materials from zones distributed widely throughout the world, for example with a large amount of solar energy, wind energy or other CO 2 -neutral energy, for example the equator, can be transported to zones where there is a high energy requirement, for example Europe.
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9 . A method for energy transport and/or energy storage, comprising:
obtaining electrical energy from at least one of sun, wind, biogas, and excessively produced electrical energy;
producing, from the electrical energy, an energy carrier formed as an elementary metal;
changing the energy carrier to a transportable or storable species;
transporting or storing the energy carrier in the transportable or storable species; and
releasing the electrical energy stored in the energy carrier by reaction with at least one of water and oxygen.
10 . A mobile energy carrier and/or energy, comprising:
an elemental electropositive metal.
11 . The mobile energy carrier as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the elemental electropositive metal is a transportable and/or storable form of at least one among the group of lithium alloy, lithium hydride and a lithium derivative.
12 . The mobile energy carrier as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the elemental electropositive metal comprises an alkali and/or alkaline earth metal.
13 . The mobile energy carrier as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the elemental electropositive metal comprises at least one of the group of zinc, magnesium, aluminum, and a lanthanide group metal.
14 . The mobile energy carrier as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the elemental electropositive metal is produced from an oxygen compound as a raw material.
15 . A method of producing fertilizers containing nitrogen, comprising:
forming lithium nitride from lithium; and
forming fertilizer from the lithium nitride.
16 . Primary electrochemical cells, comprising:
lithium.