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Re:Ditch the Batteries: Off-Grid Compressed Air Energy Storage by al2o3cr on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:58AM (#17144606)
I suspect large-scale fixed installations are more likely to end up using some kind of flow battery:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/fuel-cells/its-big-and-...

The big advantage there is independent scaling: peak discharge is tied to the total membrane area / pumping capability while capacity is tied to the amount of reactants that can be stored.

Re:Ditch the Batteries: Off-Grid Compressed Air Energy Storage by russdill on Thursday May 24, 2018 @03:19PM (#17147314)
I'm pretty excited about the potential benefits of flow batteries. Hopefully they can get the tech to work economically for grid storage.