Here is an off-grid cell site installation where they replaced the batteries with these supercapacitors. The batteries would have not been able to accept the peak solar generation. www.viodi.tv/2020/07/30/cell-sites-solar-super-capacitors-off-grid-for-5g-more/

You can now buy the KiloWatt Labs SuperCaps for domestic home energy storage - I have just had the first home installation in the world in Melbourne, Australia. It truly is the absolute game-changer!

I have seen these Super Caps in action here in the southern suburbs in Cape Town South Africa. Friends of mine at Green Energy SA are installing them in homes. Quick, clean and space efficient installation. They work very well, better than anything I have EVER seen. I will be purchasing a 3.5 KW. Super cap for our sailing yacht and will charge it with 2x 270W solar panels and a wind gen. They do exist, work well and are cost effective. (7KW also available)

My confidence in his company would be way increased if his website didn't suck and if he actually had a product for sale.

where is it? if they are so awesome why can't we buy one?

Good luck Omar, we need more people like you!

WOW!!!! I have always wondered why cap discharge couldn't be tightly regulated. I worked with some fairly large cans before my quest for. energy storage that didn't require a chemical catalyst. gave up after frying several hundred dollars worth of electrical regulating devices. This video really floats my boat. No grid tie inverter needed is extremely cool.

A bank of 25 cent each capacitors connected in series, with a little bit of plastic holding them together. A 3 cent data cable. And $5,000 worth of software. Priceless. (I have a feeling this product will be on the market at a very high price but less than a bank of batteries for your home or car.

"The first step is to get people to beleive us" You finally said something truthful. NOBODY BELIEVES IT!.

One problem with capacitors for energy storage is that while the voltage in a storage battery only drops slightly from fully charged to fully discharged, the full discharged voltage of a capacitor is zero. So while more energy may be stored in a given volume or weight than a chemical battery, only a small percentage of it may be usable.

"In emergency you can discharge it in seconds". To my mind that would produce a bigger emergency than the one responded to.

I had this idea about this back in 1984, when I was 20. I still believe that even though it's not a retail product yet, that it will be some day.

I worked for Mack Trucks and we had a demo electric truck that was powered with super capacitors. That was more than 15 years ago, so it's not a new idea.

when I was working for Siemens we used already capacitors instead of batteries (low energy ups). Good to see that they are improved today. Batteries you always have problems to discharge it and to dispose it.

For those that are asking about availability, or doubting the capability of supercap storage, products are available. Look up Maxwell for one, but there are others. There are many YT vids about those that have built supercap storage banks to replace car batteries and they work well. Even if they do discharge over an unexpected long standing time, they can be charged in seconds, so a charge of another vehicle or a mains power source and you are good to go in seconds. Supercaps are all over the place now in electronics, many backup power sources in computers and standby applications are by supercaps. They are even available on ebay. The next gen supercaps are in the pipeline, probably using a material derived from hemp. These will have a storage capacity greater by a factor of at least 10 and upto 100 times greater than existing supercaps.

That man was very competent on camera. Not only did he know his stuff, he could deliver it "without hesitation, repetition, or deviation." I would have confidence in his product, because I have confidence in him.

In my youth I was involved with microwave overbuilt setting up stations for cable TV. We used generators backup by lead acid batteries, same as used for submarines, to back up relay stations on mountains. Depending on costs this could be a great option. As far as electric vehicles, our original power still comes from coal or gas.

I can remember when completing my electrical apprenticeship at college we were studing all about capacitors and the materials they were made from. The lecturer was firmly old and took a lot of time explaining this to us which to be honest bored the complete class. He then went off sick and we had a young lecturer replace him. He asked the class what the subject was that we were upto. We answered the materials that capacitors are made from. Well that just a complete waste of time, all you need to know is the specification of any capacitor you may need to replace when a fault appears. You just select the correct capacitor and fit it you dont need to know what materials it is made from. Well that was over 30 years ago, if the old lecturer was alive today then he would able to say i told you so. Its important to know about the materials that are used in a capacitor.

This is fantastic, cant wait for them to be released

I hope it comes true. It would be bad to have a super cap discharge thru you however. Caps do hold on to energy. That's why you never f around in a old school guitar amp without first discharging the caps. Even the little ones can zap you.

This gentleman is a brilliant communicator! Capacitors, I imagined this years ago.

What a excellent chap Omer Ghani is...not to mention his intellect. Best Regards. mikew

Omer Ghani is an impressive speaker, he has convinced me.

"the first step is to get people to believe us" I like that starting point, many forge ahead before getting people to believe first

Looking around their literature they claim a specific energy of 115wh/Kg which if true is quite a breakthrough especially if the claim of low cost is also true - in fact if true they'd own grid storage, hybrids, starter batteries, electronics and be a strong player in EVs.

1,5 year passed.. whara is my super cap adapted for nissan leaf?

Firstly, I congratulate the company for the technical achievements you have made. This is a field where it is needed. I should point out though that some of the points presented here are either quite hard to believe, or very misleading if the listener knows something about engineering. 1) I find it hard to believe that the energy density has reached that of batteries. Are you speaking of lithium or lead acid batteries? Specific numbers would be nice. If true, this would be great news. 2)About the safety concerns: All energy storage devices are inherently dangerous. If there is energy stored in a way that can be easily extracted, it can escape. The fact that a supercapacitor can be discharged in a second does not really help, as any engineer or scientifically literate person understands. Batteries can do that too, it's called exploding. If all the energy is dumped to immediate surroundings in one second, that will look like an explosion regardless of methods used. This is not to say it is a flaw in supercapacitors; it is not. Rather we should dismiss the idea that we should expect any sort of dense energy storage medium to be very safe and stable.

Omar, very well explained. 👏

He is very confident .now i got inspired by his speech.

About time somebody is looking at this, good going !

Did he say that they have developed super caps with the same energy density as lithium ion? I find that hard to believe.

There is a little hybrid car that uses super caps to store enough energy for one launch and recover energy for the next launch with regen. This lets you use a 25 HP ICE and a 100 HP motor and get peppy driving when you need it and good gas mileage on the highway. But supercaps are not suitable for a battery electric vehicle because you would need to fill the back of a 20' uhaul truck with super caps to get a 100 kWh energy storage, and there are several other issues.

Like the idea a lot as I have asked the question many times but never got a real answer of why we do not use capacitors as batteries. Now I see the reasons why that was and how it has been over come.

Capacitors are notorious for 'leaking' energy so why didn't he address this? A scientist here in Austin Texas has been working on this for years and it still hasn't come to market. Another scientist here at the University of Texas is working on a 'glass' battery that looks very promising.

Like he explained in the video two years ago, you may get 100 miles out of a charge with their supercaps in an electric vehicle, but you can charge it in a matter of seconds to minutes depending on how the energy is transferred from charging station to your vehicle. i.e. what voltage and how big the cable and connector are.

A very interesting development. For years I've believed that using this format of batteries will become the ultimate answer in successfully harnessing alternative clean electrical energy domestically as well as in motor vehicles. An exiting period lies ahead in the further marketing and development of this breakthrough. Just imagine how much more functional of grid solar systems can and will become.

We need this out here ,In the middle of Australia ,, I got the perfect place to set one up guys ..Test it here all you want! . My batteries keep dying in 50c heat ,,and solar panels suck at those temps

Great advancement in storing energy Well done!!!

I like to see proof! Please present working models on various platforms! Thank you,

This really needs to be the future of electric cars. It will always come down to cost. If the cost is cheeper than Li-ion batteries, with all it's benefits, these super capacitors will take over the market. I would love to replace the AGM batteries that I use in my trailer with one of these.

Our battery folks were working on Super Caps starting in 1985.

This is fantastic at what point will this technology be Commercially available to the general public

I own one 16v 500F. I can make discharge tests and stuff if you request. Supercaps are not good storage. But it always starts my Audi A6 2008, even at 7 volts.

I like this solution: total solid state!

Thank You

The two major cellphone tower companies here in South Africa are MTN and Vodacom (mtn.co.za and vodscom.co.za respectively).

Too good to be true.

Get some bodyguards! This sounds amazing

He used some "bad" words. Large-scale industry does not want to hear words like "efficient", "long-lived" and "wear-free". Very good innovation, I hope it will not be stopped in a "misterious" way

A supercap will not be good storage until they can hold voltage above 250 volts. Series super caps divides ferads per each one added.

Ultra / Super Caps still lack the ability to hold a charge for a reasonable amount of time, required for many power intensive applications, like automobiles. Best application for these is in a hybrid power pack with lithium cells .. as each compliment each other, one can hold a charge long term, the other can charge/discharge very quickly, etc...

Because these capacitors are able to charge and discharge very quickly, they can be used in regenerative btreaking. The energy of breaking can be stored in capacitors, because breaking duration is usually 5 seconds. And then car can use this energy for accilaration which requires high power in short time. So capacitors can be added to bettery powered cars but they cannot replace bettery entirely because capacitors cannot store large quantity of energy for longer duration. So bettery is merathon runner and Capacitors are sprint runners

AAaaHHhh.. The Flux Capacitor.. As told to the World on "Back To The Future".. By Dr. Emmett Brown..

Supercapacitors have high selfdischarge, many times of that of lithium batteries. They are suited for releasing of large power in short time, but not for storage.

I have 3x Maxwell 50V 178F (2000F in series) ultracapacitor banks. I was going to use them for regen on a 144V EV car. you need a good controller to utilise them. Them can charge/discharge at around 2000A

(8:10) i completely agree that the main hindrance of buying an electric vehicles is the time it takes to charge the battery. that said, if supercapacitors could at least cut that time in half, far more people would actually consider buying one; however, if they actually can reduce the charging time to 30 seconds like he said, electric vehicles would _very_ quickly become the norm.

Thanks for the many comments on this video. Whether or not this specific company will be the leader in moving Supercapacitors to market, it looks like super capacitors could be on the verge of changing energy storage, according to a new report from IDTechEx www.idtechex.com/research/reports/supercapacitor-materials-2017-2027-000534.asp

Super capacitor looks much better than lead acid battery in performance, service life, and safety. Quick charging but slow discharging will be the key attribute. What technology is involved there?

If this product becomes success this is going to revolutionise automobile and shipping industry. I want to see fuel tanks replaced by super capacitor, IC Engine replaced by electrical motor and speed governor replaced by power electronics.

Too good to be true. My fingers crossed.

He could probably pitch then as having more capacity by virtue of it being able to fully discharge without degradation. That is a problem with lith batteries in that their "capacity" really isn't their capacity if you don't want to ruin your expensive investment by draining it repeatedly. Lot of phony range numbers with electric cars currently because of that.

Can you charge them with solar panels and hook them up to a grid-tie inverter and use the them for the evening? My solar make to much energy during the day but looking to store the power for few hours during the evening before bedtime, they sound better than traditional battery storage. I would love to buy some if this would work

Run 350 MW dynamos off each other. Use a/c dynamos in compliment with wind and solar.

What is their self-discharge rate? Typically capacitors have a much higher self-discharge rate than any battery. That is where by just sitting around a for while, it looses its charge.

Show one that is working

The other issue I have questions about is what resources do these use? Any War Zone rare metals? Any chemicals or resources that are limited making Manufacturing or stock limited?

Is it mentioned anywhere the weight-in pounds-of that pictured super cap? Would also like an easily stated comparison with a standard LI battery.

Finally an alternative to the battery. Hope it works out.

2020 ... where is this now? ... Can i use on my Dornes?

Wheres the numbers?

Why not just state kWh/kg and $/kWh.

you can buy these cap packs online 12vlt 24vl etc then u run it thru a 110 - 240 circuit converter - thingy like used in cars 12vl to 240vl

I would suggest that at best, many of the hurdles he says they have overcome, are actually still aims, and they have not yet overcome them. Some of them I don't think will be possible, but I could be wrong.

Nice video. Told me something that I never knew. Now the million dollar question. How much for a capacitor that will replace my car battery and how much for a unit that will power a car for at least two hundred miles. Lastly, when will it debut in the market? Please make another video to answer these.

I think battery's caps and solar will be the future im working on it myself right now on a small scale

how do u slow down the discharge i cant c it working but sounds good

it's a private held company so you can't buy stock in them yet. There are similar companies that have been around a while and have products you can buy like Maxwell and Sirius . Many have stocks you can buy like I have. I've read the Mazda iLoop hybrid uses ultra caps instead of batteries in their hybrid but I've never seen one yet. Bollore uses then in their bluecar electric car.

Super caps are interesting but have minuscule energy storage. They are very low voltage and are useful for a few micro-amps at most. Short them out and the large ones can be dangerous. Ten thousand farad at 48v in a small package, now we are talking.

slow charge slow discharge as required by the law. they also have to be hack proof since the issue with the regulators is to prevent these device from being used as explosives

would this be more efficient to use for regenerative braking because it charges fast?

Also use the same power source in all Comm Satelites (Nuclear)

Very interesting. do you have these available in the US? what is the storage capacity?

I really doubt about it can match the power density as lithium ion but I will be very intrested to know more and Super capacitor too are risky to handle, It's true it can discharge quickly but where will the discharge energy go? It must given a thought!! But over all the product is futuristic.

Will Supercapacitors return back entire current that is charged in or will their be any loss of current.. I so how much loss will it occur... is the loss due to self discharge or any other factor... can you please guide me...

If I'm not mistaken, Michael Faraday once said; "If there is any magic to be found in the aether, it will be found in capacitance!"

how long do you think supercaps would be available worldwide specially AsIa it sucks because asian always left to be the last to benefit, and does it come in smaller size for mobile application? since you mention it is also applicable on car battery , question' does the alternator motor would be fast enough to charge it ? in that case ,the theory of perpetual charge and discharge of EV application is possible ,yes or no?

Mr Ghani does an amazing job sticking it to Lithium batteries...now 2 years later..do we have follow up?

Caps are the next steep for batteries and the technology is now here it just takes a little thought to implement it.

8:08 He gets to the point on the electric/hybrid/gas car debate.

Any possible in near immediate future of thoriem or Nucklear , based energy for cars and domistic power , device?

Erstaunlich, awesome! I need one for my 12volt RV so we can go camping. Price is awesome too!, Being fair and reasonable is always the honest way to go. Thanks so so much. Is it better than the BroadBit metal sodium battery? God bless you. Lobet den Herrn. Tschüß Prost

I want to learn much more about these. I had planned to replace Prius batteries with li ion batteries. Now I want to research these for that application. Please answer if possible. I also have to replace my Solar system batteries soon. It is a 3,000 watt system

Do people use this for off grid solar?

Nice video. Cheaper and much better than Li-CO. I'd be excited to see that on the market for everything from UPS (consumer computer battery backup systems) to Electric Vehicles and solar storage

No USA distribution outlets. He mentioned CA. But how do we buy here ??

The Flux Capacitor makes time travel, among other things, possible!!

yes we know, coming out tomorrow

Sounds a pretty useful product, I want one.

How do you discharge it to 0V within a second without setting something on fire? Like load or wires?

This instant charge coupled with lithium would be great for a self supporting looped circuitry.