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> The amount of lithium it would take to handle an unusually cloudy week would be astronomical. Unusual events shouldn't be handled by high capex, high efficie
by pfdietz 1y ago
> The amount of lithium it would take to handle an unusually cloudy week would be astronomical.
Unusual events shouldn't be handled by high capex, high efficiency storage. They should be handled by lower capex, lower round trip efficiency storage (as should long term/seasonal storage).
I will once again point to Standard Thermal.
https://www.standardthermal.com/ https://www.standardthermal.com/
https://www.orcasciences.com/articles/standard-thermal-copy https://www.orcasciences.com/articles/standard-thermal-copy
https://austinvernon.site/blog/standardthermal.html https://austinvernon.site/blog/standardthermal.html
Ten cents per kWh of storage capacity!