They are doing good stuff in Germany, no doubt, but that all seems a bit comparing apples and oranges. If you look at the total SA grid it's over 1500MW being

They are doing good stuff in Germany, no doubt, but that all seems a bit comparing apples and oranges. If you look at the total SA grid it's over 1500MW being stabilized by the Tesla 100MW battery today. That seems to be roughly equivalent to what next-kraftewerke is doing... since they aren't adding any capacity or even instaneous offset. They are adding dynamic control to existing hydro in 15min increments and 30MW seems like a big deal in their press releases. Adding 50k houses with 5kW systems is 250MW of new production and ~700MWh of fast (<<1sec) storage is an entirely different thing since it's faster than the peaker plants can come on and prevents a brown/blackout. Why all the negativity?