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Check out the crazy amount of battery additions in California in 2025 and planned for 2026. It’s gunna be fine

• idiotsecant 8mo ago
  That 'crazy' amount is not even scratching the surface of the surface of what we would need for a high-solar grid, let alone a majority solar grid. Not even within an order of magnitude. You don't have to take my word for it, the CAISO literally provides the data.
  • Rebelgecko 8mo ago
    How much more do we need? 2x the capacity? 5x? 10x? The state has added a ridiculous amount of battery over the last couple years so it doesn't seem intractable I remember looking at CAISO's graphs a few years ago and when the sun goes down we were basically completely dependent on imports and natty gas, especially for scaling up to demand around 6-7pm. Looking at today's graph, batteries were actually our top electricity source for a while around peak electricity time. Natty has been able to stay pretty flat, and even now its neck and neck with batteries
    • dalyons 8mo ago
      Exactly. You can see batteries displacing a huge amount of gas already, and their rollout is going to keep accelerating. The state is up to 67% clean energy total for 2025, crazy progress in a decade