You just don’t need that much storage and at the same time battery storage is already being installed at an exponential rate, much like PV started to some 15 years ago. We also already have hydro and gas peaker plants that aren’t going anywhere for the next 10ish years.
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AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, if you only want meaningful power on a sunny day in daylight hours.
Where’s all this paradigm changing battery tech I keep hearing is on the way for 20 years?
kugel7c@feddit.de 1 year ago
schroedingershat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It arrived over the last 5 years
echodot@feddit.uk 1 year ago
They still generate power even on overcast days. Think about the difference between the middle of the night and an overcast day. It’s still a considerable amount of light.
AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 1 year ago
From experience, I’m aware that they do.
A small fraction of what they generate in direct sunlight.
schroedingershat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If the alternative to 50c/W solar is paying $20/W, you only need it to run at 2.5% of nameplate to come out ahead.
Wooki@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No It’s not the fallacy you describe