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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by lamontcg on Friday December 29, 2023 @02:06PM (#38808925)
> By 2027, China is expected to have a total new energy storage capacity of 97 GW

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Caixin/Five-things-powerin...

"there are these [energy storage plants] we know how to build, because we have already built quite a lot of them. all we need to do is build more of them."

energy storage is going to lag renewables because until you have enough renewables you don't have enough of a storage problem to solve.

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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by mpweiher on Sunday December 31, 2023 @01:12PM (#38826121)
Hmm...interesting article that talks about planned capacity for later this year, then projects future capacity based on those plans ... and gives the capacity of that future storage based on the planned installs in ... GW.

Hmm...

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