Define short periods. Also gas lines froze more than turbines did BTW at Texas, just FYI. Very few conventional sources can also backstop 10GW of demand mismatc

Define short periods. Also gas lines froze more than turbines did BTW at Texas, just FYI. Very few conventional sources can also backstop 10GW of demand mismatch. Which is why having a national grid is so much better, power from Arizona can be used to top up shortfalls in Texas and vice versa. > Chemical storage batteries cannot power large grids for extended periods and that is the fundamental problem being ignored, not their cost. You are being downvoted because this is just an opinion, not backed by any facts on the ground. Most solar installs today itself come with 4 hours of battery backup. Also, several posters and I have given cost figures on how much multi-day battery backups would cost even at current prices. So your insistence that batteries only last for a few minutes is getting downvoted, and calling people techbros isn't helping either.