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I don't think the units are correct here. My observation has been that even reputable news sources seem to go all wonky with energy units. I believe the appro
by gwright 5y ago
I don't think the units are correct here. My observation has been that even reputable news sources seem to go all wonky with energy units.
I believe the appropriate units for consideration would be GWh = gigawatt-hours.
This article, https://www.environmentalleader.com/2021/01/worlds-largest-utility-scale-battery-energy-storage-system-now-online/ https://www.environmentalleader.com/2021/01/worlds-largest-u..., suggests that the largest battery storage system is 1,200 MWh or 1.2GWh of storage (at a cost of $400 million)
For comparison, all generation capacity in California is 272,576 gigawatt-hours https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/2020-total-system-electric-generation https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/califo...
- iso1631 5y agoA grid battery has two numbers that are of interest One is how many Joules it can deliver in a second (Giga/Mega/Kilo/watts) One is how many Joules it can delivery completely (Giga/Mega/Kilo/watts) it can deliver If I'm running my 10kW shower for 5 minutes, I can do that from a battery that only has 1kWh of storage, but I can't run it from a battery that can only deliver 1kW. This is all high-school level science, and it's an indictment on the lack of diversity in news reporting how badly they get it wrong