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Nobody claimed that the current battery capacity is sufficient to last a night. The interesting part is the growth curve of available storage.

• littlestymaar 2y ago
  Going from 76 minutes to a full British night (which can last up to 16 hours in winter!) is going to need a heck of a growth curve indeed.
  • adrianN 2y ago
    Less than four doublings is not a lot. We’re at the beginning of the storage expansion. The interesting question is not when we‘ll be able to cover a night, but when we’ll be able to cover a month.
    • littlestymaar 2y ago
      > The interesting question is not when we‘ll be able to cover a night, but when we’ll be able to cover a month. The answer to this one is a pretty straightforward never. You have to realize that such a storage will sit duck most of the time, making it impossible to get any return on investment on it.
      • adrianN 2y ago
        There are power plants today that are being paid for standing by idle, so clearly you can make money by just providing emergency backup even when it's never used.