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The article is suggesting 300 MW of power draw per ship for around 24 hours. There is no extra time to recharge separately from the ship. So even if you did tha
by _hypx 4y ago
The article is suggesting 300 MW of power draw per ship for around 24 hours. There is no extra time to recharge separately from the ship. So even if you did that, it makes no difference to the power grid. You will need truly enormous grid upgrades to make this feasible.
It's sad that people on this website are falling for this. This is completely unrealistic. It will show up on one of those Youtube channels that mock scam energy proposals if it ever gets funding.
- Scoundreller 4y agoThe idea of the container batteries is that they don't have to be rapid-charged, but having batteries sitting around isn't productive either. I think the hard part is having 300MW (*#ships) of peaking capacity and the standby costs of when it's not being used. For reference, Toronto uses about 4500MW on a hot summer day (like today).
- _hypx 4y agoNothing is being rapid charged. You need 24 hours at 300 MW to charge one of these things. Either you use even more than 300 MW, or you have batteries charged many days in advance. Both are nutty ideas.