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What happens to the centralized electric grid, which took decades and billions of dollars to build, as more and more people become prosumers, who produce and consume their own energy on-site?No one knows which – if any – battery technology will ultimately dominate, but one thing remains clear: The future of energy is in how we store it.

Today's battery breakthroughs come as the world looks to expand modern energy access to the billion or so people without it, while also cutting back on fuels that warm the planet.

To be sure, the battery still has a long way to go before the nightly recharge completely replaces the weekly trip to the gas station.

The ubiquitous battery has already come a long way, of course.

Scientists and engineers have long believed in the promise of batteries to change the world.

Instead, some in Africa and Asia are seeing their first lightbulbs illuminated by the power of sunlight stored in batteries.

Having already enabled a communications revolution, the battery is now poised to transform just about everything else.

For better or worse, batteries make possible our mobile-first lifestyles, our screen culture, our increasingly globalized world.

Even utility companies, which have long viewed batteries and alternative forms of energy as a threat, are learning to embrace the technologies as enabling rather than disrupting.

Dr.Donald Sadoway at MIT started his own battery company with the hope of changing the world's energy future.

Advanced batteries are moving out of specialized markets and creeping into the mainstream, signaling a tipping point for forward-looking technologies such as electric cars and rooftop solar panels.

A battery-powered world comes with its own risks, too.

With the iPhone, those networks may provide faster connections and longer battery life than AT&T's data network.

Would you please tell me where I can get batteries for this brand of camera?

Having already enabled a communications revolution, the battery is now poised to transform just about everything else.

Other efforts to increase the use of electric vehicles include plans to build over 1 million hybrid and electric car battery charging stations across the country.

The ubiquitous battery has already come a long way, of course.

To be sure, the battery still has a long way to go before the nightly recharge completely replaces the weekly trip to the gas station.

Today's battery breakthroughs come as the world looks to expand modern energy access to the billion or so people without it, while also cutting back on fuels that warm the planet.