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Probably that and "quick start" powerplants already serving this function in the UK. https://www.ft.com/content/ba6bd46a-1d75-11e8-956a-43db76e69936 https://ww

Probably that and "quick start" powerplants already serving this function in the UK. https://www.ft.com/content/ba6bd46a-1d75-11e8-956a-43db76e69936 https://www.ft.com/content/ba6bd46a-1d75-11e8-956a-43db76e69... > The episode showed how small, flexible power plants are now bridging the supply gaps, especially at a local level, between intermittent renewables and Britain’s fleet of large, but slow-to-fire-up, gas and coal plants.

stcredzero 8y ago
Probably that and "quick start" powerplants already serving this function in the UK. Right. Quick start plants basically convert "stored" energy in the form of natural gas into electrical energy on the grid. The natural gas supply has a chemistry/physics advantage in terms of storage efficiency. (As well as industrial infrastructure already built up.) This would allow us to calculate a target number for the storage cost of batteries which could compete. We can then apply industry trends to see which battery chemistry or power storage technology might become competitive, and when it is likely to achieve that.