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You are also not going to run your aluminum smelting plant for 18 hours out of the day on battery power! Give it time. In 2003, Alaska built the world's large
by lotsofmangos 11y ago
You are also not going to run your aluminum smelting plant for 18 hours out of the day on battery power!
Give it time.
In 2003, Alaska built the world's largest battery at 4.7MWh.
In 2012, China built the world's largest battery at 36MWh.
In 2014 Southern California Edison announced it was buying a 400MWh battery.
On that curve, we should be up to an 18GWh battery before all that long.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoWow, that 400MWh battery is entirely lithium ion. I would be shocked if Tesla Energy isn't assembling entire systems cargo container by cargo container in Reno and shipping them by rail across the country in the next 2-3 years.
- dragontamer 11y agoIn 1977, USA Built the world's largest "battery" at 30 GWh. That's right, 30 gigawatt hours. And yes, that's right, 1977... almost 40 years ago. It's not a chemical battery, but its a "battery" nonetheless in that it very efficiently stores electrical power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_County_Pumped_Storage_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_County_Pumped_Storage_Sta... Pumped hydro electric storage ftw.
- ptaipale 11y agoYep, those are nice - Bath Country is of course not the only one out there - but they don't come without their side effects. You need to construct a dam and sacrifice some area to be used as the reservoir. Those pesky environmentalists, you know...
- rimantas 11y agoWell, we are doing quite well for such a small country then: http://www.kruoniohae.lt/en/main/activity http://www.kruoniohae.lt/en/main/activity