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So, is this really an engineering community? "battery storage capacity on the nation’s grids has grown tenfold, to 16,000 megawatts" "California now has 10,00
by johnea 2y ago
So, is this really an engineering community?
"battery storage capacity on the nation’s grids has grown tenfold, to 16,000 megawatts"
"California now has 10,000 megawatts of battery capacity on the grid"
After reading all of the comments below, i only find tangential reference to the fact that MW (or any kind of Watts) is not a measure of capacity. Even the tangential comment, that MWh is not MKS, doesn't highlight that the article never mentions MWh, everything is described in terms of MW, which is obviously power, not energy.
It seems even the referenced state reports make the same error:
https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/california-energy-storage-system-survey https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/califo...
And the governor's office:
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/04/25/california-achieves-major-clean-energy-victory-10000-megawatts-of-battery-storage/ https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/04/25/california-achieves-major-...
As an actual lefty (not a woke-nut (or a wing-nut)) I'm not a fan of Gov Gavin. But the article wasn't really political, whereas the overwhelming majority of comments here are.
It doesn't shine a favorable light on the HN community in terms of being technically focused...