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I think neighborhood batteries make a lot more sense - spread out the cost, if every neighborhood had a reasonable sized battery installation, the grid would be

• bluGill 3y ago
  Utility scale batteries Someplace outside the city. It doesn't really gain much to put them in a neighborhood and costs a lot more. When you are running on battery you need oversized inverters as you need to cover the worst case of the whole neighborhood. The more area your battery covers the less overbuilding you need because the closer you are to average. House scale battery works better (but has obvious safety issues) because if there is a power outage most people can shed a lot of load without discomfort and thus get by with must smaller batteries.