Originally Posted by
CBreezy
And by failed, you mean great success.
https://www.nrdc.org/bio/kelsie-goma...ornia-and-west
The current battery capacity is 16GW and will grow to 52GW at current projection by 2045. There are also some interesting energy storage experiments going on around the country that are determining the feasibility of mechanical batteries that would be able to store massive amounts of energy without a single chemical battery.
Yes. Failed. CAISO's battery farm is viable for very short periods. The storage you mention is at capacity which can only be handled for very short periods of time. It's not a long term storage solution (by long term I mean more than a few hours to a day or 2). That's what CAISO's batteries do, they are a short term shock absorber and do not solve longer term demand. Moreover those batteries need to be disposed of, where will they go? They have a short life. They can't be reconditioned. So that means now a toxic mess to deal with in a few short years. But yeah, you go Cali.
As always you post up a highly biased non-scientific article and claim it to be the end all. Thanks for reaffirming.