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Is storage a solved problem yet? Afaik, dams are the only viable option, and not universally available. I thought batteries just weren't there yet. Especially
by rocqua 8y ago
Is storage a solved problem yet? Afaik, dams are the only viable option, and not universally available.
I thought batteries just weren't there yet. Especially if you take wear cycles into account.
- BluSyn 8y agoBatteries are much farther along than most realize, and decreasing in cost rapidly. 2019 will see the first GWh-scale battery installations (plural, as in multiple of them). Grid-scale lithium-ion battery storage is at the beginning of an exponential growth curve.
- jki275 8y agoWhat is the environmental cost of mining that lithium? How much lithium is there, actually?
- jki275 8y agoIt’s not, and likely never will be.