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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by lightgreen on Friday March 26, 2021 @09:45AM (#26592055)
For the comparison, average nuclear power plant produces 1000MW around the clock.

The goal of Australia batteries was to normalize short production/consumption fluctuations, not as general universal battery storage to deal with renewable uneven production.

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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by eldaisfish on Friday March 26, 2021 @09:57AM (#26592185)
My point was simply to illustrate that batteries are not a viable energy storage method for the scale of energy required on even a small power grid. South Australia's power grid is relatively small compared to many similar regions.
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