Re:Solar and Wind Power So Cheap They’re Outgrowing Subsidies
by ClumsyPilot on Thursday September 19, 2019 @09:08PM
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Battery production needs to scale about two extra orders of magnitude- current production can't backup current renewables.
The current battery prices are reflective of relatively small spale, high value needs of consumer electronics industry and a nascent electric car industry. Hopefully the price will drop massively, like it did for solar panels, but currently we can't even produce enough for cars
That is 100% fine. It only has to scale as fast as the power production. If they're both scaling two orders of magnitude, they should work hand in hand just fine.
> Day to day drops are realistic, but buffering from summer to winter is out of question really.
Good! Day to day is all you need. It's ridiculous to use batteries between seasons, and there are far better technologies to use.