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Re:Malta – Alphabet X’s latest grid-scale energy storage tec... by usrusr on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @12:18PM (#14902338)
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)
Re:Malta – Alphabet X’s latest grid-scale energy storage tec... by ChuckMcM on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @01:54PM (#14903427)
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.