Re:Malta – Alphabet X’s latest grid-scale energy storage tec...
by usrusr on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @12:18PM
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Cheaper than fuel plus investment for peaker plants and cheaper than the storage of your competition. (Sorry, I'm as lost for numbers as you are)
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Re:Malta – Alphabet X’s latest grid-scale energy storage tec...
by ChuckMcM on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @01:54PM
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That is the mathematical answer but Energy, in California at least, is regulated and that creates systems where we build plants we don't need. See http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-electricity-capacity/ for details.