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> More than 15,000 MW of grid-connected solar power capacity and almost 8,000 MW of wind are now online. > The system currently has more than 2,700 MW of stora
by tppiotrowski 4y ago
> More than 15,000 MW of grid-connected solar power capacity and almost 8,000 MW of wind are now online.
> The system currently has more than 2,700 MW of storage, most of it in lithium-ion batteries, and that number is projected to grow to about 4,000 MW by June 1.
Storage should be in MWh I assume? Anyways, those batteries can hold 11 minutes of peak solar power production.
But by June 1st, battery capacity is set to go up by 50% while new solar production will only go up about by 5%.
- tedsanders 4y agoNo, it's common to measure storage with MW when you're talking about dispatchable power. For example, a 10 MW battery can replace a 10 MW gas generator (assuming it has enough capacity to cover the relevant peak, which is usually a fair assumption because that's what they're designed for). If you only know a battery has 20 MWh, that's not enough information to know what equivalent amount of generation or ramp it can replace.
- renewiltord 4y agoIt's battery storage as a power source so it's about its delivery capacity. 2.7 GW of storage means when the time comes it can deliver at 2.7 GW.