Re:Solar power grew faster than any other fuel in 2016
by SomeStupidPoint on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @10:43AM
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Is there a battery technology that can store 90 days worth of full-plant production (which doesn't require a second generator consuming a fuel later)?
All the ways I know of on that scale actually require a second plant/turbine -- in which case, you didn't store 90 days of solar production capacity, you actually stored 90 days of the second plant's fuel, which you produced intermitently with solar capacity. (Which can still be a very good and environmentally friendly thing to do! But isn't what we're talking about as a technical point.)
Ways of the second variety:
- Hydro pumping
- Hydrocarbon synthesis
- Hydrogen separation
- Compressing gasses
And there's probably more that I'm forgetting.
In answer to the question below, this isn't practical with modern battery technology.