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Batteries have been quite important in Texas for the past few weeks during unusually warm evenings with unusually little wind. They've had a number of days rece
by sanderjd 3y ago
Batteries have been quite important in Texas for the past few weeks during unusually warm evenings with unusually little wind. They've had a number of days recently requiring emergency deployment, and a sizable chunk of that came from batteries, setting some records with peaks over 2.5GW. (There is also significant battery deployment in CAISO.)
- WhatsTheBigIdea 3y agoYes! Texas (ERCOT) is by far the easiest electrical market to enter. It is also one of the highest volatility markets which is also good for storage. But the barriers to entry are still way too high to call it anything like an open market. To be sure, traditionally there are somewhat good reasons to have high barriers to entry into electrical markets. But in the context of climate change, those reasons seem more like tradition than real reasons.