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Old 03-02-2019, 04:42 PM   #5254 (permalink)
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grid-scale battery

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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
We need generation capacity to charge electric vehicles, not storage capacity.
If me and my wife both drove electric vehicles our electrical consumption would just about double.
If everyone starts driving electric cars a stupid grid storage battery isn't going to do anything.
I thought the premise for the battery was allow a renewable source constant output onto the grid during lapses in solar or wind,and to also store power for after sunset,or periods of calm,extending 'production'.
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