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How will energy be stored then ? Where will the humongously large utility storage center located ? When does their construction start (and when are they schedul
by IMTDb 4y ago
How will energy be stored then ? Where will the humongously large utility storage center located ? When does their construction start (and when are they scheduled for completion) and how are those going to be financed ?
- ncmncm 4y agoConstruction will pick up once there is enough renewable capacity to "charge" storage from. Storage that must be charged by burning NG would be stupid. There is no need for a storage "center". Energy will be stored wherever convenient. Utilities will build out zero-opex storage so they can drop NG opex. Many different storage technologies will be used. The cheapest ones will eventually be identified and used more. But anhydrous ammonia and hydrogen are certain despite being far from cheapest, because of other merits. Right now the overwhelming majority of utility storage is pumped hydro, using existing hydro power reservoirs. I expect various gravity methods, including pumped hydro, to continue to dominate. New pumped hydro will not consume watersheds. (But Energy Vault, NRGV, is strictly a scam.)