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>Yes, they don't provide consistent output on their own, but storage exists I think this varies depending on where you live. In California, Cal-iso has a reall
by Rebelgecko 2y ago
>Yes, they don't provide consistent output on their own, but storage exists
I think this varies depending on where you live. In California, Cal-iso has a really cool dashboard that seems to show that they have enough battery storage to hold about 90 minutes of daytime solar generation.
Definitely not something that can handle a fully cloudy day yet (presumably it's cheaper to keep some natty gas plants ready to spin up or import than to store more excess solar?)
- _aavaa_ 2y agoThey do. The good news is that the limit factor on that growth appears to be getting through the grid interconnect queue rather than a lack of people willing to pay to build them: https://emp.lbl.gov/news/grid-connection-backlog-grows-30-2023-dominated-requests-solar-wind-and-energy-storage https://emp.lbl.gov/news/grid-connection-backlog-grows-30-20...