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Old 11-11-2015, 11:48 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JRMichler View Post
Time to do the math. An energy storage system big enough to seriously interest a utility should store 1 GW for 10 hours, or 10 GWH.

Without knowing much behind the chemistry, storing that much energy sounds a hell of a lot like a pipe dream. Maybe one day...

With water storage i was thinking more about living off-grid.
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