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There are big battery storage moves coming up too. A 300 MW/1200 MWh project planned in California by Vistra Energy: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/
by philipkglass 8y ago
There are big battery storage moves coming up too.
A 300 MW/1200 MWh project planned in California by Vistra Energy:
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vistra-energy-to-develop-300-megawatt-battery-storage-project-in-california-300674786.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vistra-energy-to-de...
Another California project, 182.5 MW/700 MWh from Tesla/PG&E:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/PG-E-Tesla-team-up-on-big-batteries-13038571.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/PG-E-Tesla-team...
Have We Reached Peak Peaker? ‘I Can’t See Why We Should Build a Gas Peaker After 2025’
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/battery-storage-is-threatening-natural-gas-peaker-plants https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/battery-storage...
A Reckoning for Power Giants: Siemens May Sell Its Gas Turbine Business
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/siemens-may-sell-gas-turbine-business https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/siemens-may-sel...
I remember when solar power was ridiculously expensive. I'm amazed that in sunny regions it is transitioning so quickly from "more expensive than the most expensive fossils" to "cheaper than the cheapest fossils." Not long ago I thought that natural gas was going to have significantly more time to savor its victory over coal before being dethroned in turn.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoThe Tesla/PGE project is estimated to be up to 1GW of storage.
- kwhitefoot 8y agoDo you mean 1 GW hour?
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