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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by bluefirebrand on Friday March 26, 2021 @10:49AM (#26592823)
When you're talking about lowest demand are you talking about for the whole grid? A city block? A building? A condo?

And I agree. I worked in solar and storage for a while. It's not a replacement, it's just an extension.

It works out ok for a battery system for a building but anything larger they just don't last long enough

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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by eldaisfish on Friday March 26, 2021 @10:56AM (#26592906)
Only the south australian grid, which is not a relatively large grid.

South Australia's population is small, under two million and it's demand fluctuates between 400 - 3000 MW. For comparison, the Canadian province of New Brunswick has a comparable peak demand but fewer than a million people.

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