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This is already happening today in California, a couple gigawatts of batteries are charged during the day and released in the evening to offset peak demand. ht

• yodsanklai 4y ago
  This seems high(?): for comparison, average power of French solar panels is 1.6GW (and a bit more for wind power).
  • p1necone 4y ago
    The population of California is ~ half that of France, and presumably California sells power to neighbouring states too, so it doesn't seem that out of whack.
  • miahi 4y ago
    Insolation is higher in California, with the same solar panel surface you can probably get double the energy over a year, compared to France.