27-12-2023, 05:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 27-12-2023, 05:40 PM by ppppenguin.)
That's a huge battery, but what's its capacity. Being able to deliver 2GW is impressive but if can only do it for 2 minutes it's rather less so.
So far most grid scale storage batteries have been lithium based. Presumably because there's a well established ecosystem and benefits of volume manufacture. But you don't need light weight for something that just sits on the ground. Nor do you need to use lots of valuable lithium. There are many competing technologies for grid scale storage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_energy_storage Apart from traditional pumped hydro which is limited by suitable sites I reckon that flow batteries are most promising. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_battery
So far most grid scale storage batteries have been lithium based. Presumably because there's a well established ecosystem and benefits of volume manufacture. But you don't need light weight for something that just sits on the ground. Nor do you need to use lots of valuable lithium. There are many competing technologies for grid scale storage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_energy_storage Apart from traditional pumped hydro which is limited by suitable sites I reckon that flow batteries are most promising. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_battery
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