Re:Energy Vault – Gravitational Batteries
by newyankee on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:39PM
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Is it because demand greatly outstrips supply at this point and will remain so for a few more years at least till new production capacity catches up ? Or is there any other reason that makes it trickier ? Would appreciate any links if you have some.
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My best source was a first-hand account from a business owner who tried to switch from one-off EV projects to an a full-blown assembly line. He called up a few manufacturers and they basically told him to come back when he's at the scale of hundreds of MWh - sort of a chicken-and-egg scenario.
Retailers didn't want to talk about special pricing, regardless of scale.