196 MWh, its very small compared to what we need for renewable wind and solar to be workable since a typical British day we consume 40GW an hour. Its also not very big compared to the pumped hydro storage we already have but I guess it’s a start. The need for storage I think has to factor into the solar and wind costs, to make them viable we need to be storing maybe weeks or months of power and also over capacity to be pretty confident we don’t run out. I can’t help but feel overcapacity and storage of that magnitude is probably more expensive than nuclear.
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>capacity to store up to 196MWh
truly an absolute farce.
I think we’re all missing the point, the real story is something called ” the massive Dogger Bank” i can only assume its dogging for everyone!!
Does this explain why I’ve got no power this morning? 😂
So if the country stops working we take the cover off and roll them, right?
Is it, as the picture suggests, a fuck load of AA batteries?
Why is this news? We’ve had a 100MW station near Swindon for ages. The las50M should be online already.
https://eclipsepower.co.uk/project/minety-battery-storage/
Powers 15,000 homes for a day.
Should help us through the gas shortages which politicians say aren’t happening, despite the advice from engineers that they will happen.
[15 635 477](https://smi.uq.edu.au/event/session/11743) to go.
196 MWh, its very small compared to what we need for renewable wind and solar to be workable since a typical British day we consume 40GW an hour. Its also not very big compared to the pumped hydro storage we already have but I guess it’s a start. The need for storage I think has to factor into the solar and wind costs, to make them viable we need to be storing maybe weeks or months of power and also over capacity to be pretty confident we don’t run out. I can’t help but feel overcapacity and storage of that magnitude is probably more expensive than nuclear.