At utility scale, the problem we need to solve with storage is meeting baseload demand with storage of energy generated with intermittent sources like solar. Th

At utility scale, the problem we need to solve with storage is meeting baseload demand with storage of energy generated with intermittent sources like solar. The goal here is turn off carbon-emitting baseload plants. Building a new industrial facility and operating it at idle would not decrease baseload demand, so it wouldn’t solve that problem. Intermittent users help finance intermittent generators, so there’s some value in this idea.