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Do you need multiple batteries though to really stabilise the flow? I.e. these look like they will be right at the point of power generation, guessing that the
by pongogogo 9y ago
Do you need multiple batteries though to really stabilise the flow? I.e. these look like they will be right at the point of power generation, guessing that the bulk of inhabitants will actually be in Adelaide, why not put the batteries there after you have suffered the lossiness of transmission? Directly in people's homes would also probably be more effective...
- manicdee 9y agoThe losses will happen somewhere, and the power is coming from the wind farm anyway. Combining grid interconnect with what is already there probably makes the power engineering easier.
- renesd 9y agoAlso Australia is one of the most expensive places on the planet - in the urban centers. They already have space near the wind farm for very cheap. As a bonus you don't have a giant Samsung Galaxy situation near so many people.
- nextweek2 9y agoI'd disagree with having batteries in people's homes. They produce heat, require space (which has a cost), require maintenance and an inverter, they are not fault tolerant, they'd be a massive risk to people in the event of a fire (would you like to be a fireman going into a home that had a massive Li-ion battery in?). A better place would be at the generation source with substation batteries for smoothing out blips.