Very insightful. At grid scale the line between them just blurs because of how they're ultimately used. But there are some differences and ultimately a grid scale pack would be both packed in one. With caps taking the blows to smooth into the chemical storage of the battery behind it or head right back out before a need to store in the chemical behind the cap.
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No_Maines_Land@lemmy.ca 8 hours agoI would think capacitors would be better than batteries are grid scale? Particularly for the buffering you mention.
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teslekova@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
They’re essentially the same thing on the scale of a national grid. Battery banks can turn on the juice in microseconds.