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Re:HH70, the first high-temperature superconducting Tokamak ... by lukan on Saturday June 22, 2024 @10:35PM (#40764274)
If every (second) house would have a powerwall, wouldn't that make the grid stable?
Re:HH70, the first high-temperature superconducting Tokamak ... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday June 23, 2024 @12:04AM (#40764693)
> every (second) house would have a powerwall, wouldn't that make the grid stable?

At 131mm American households [1] and $11.5k per PoweWall [2] that’s over $750bn at 50% loading.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/183635/number-of-househo...

[2] https://www.thisoldhouse.com/solar-alternative-energy/review...

Re:HH70, the first high-temperature superconducting Tokamak ... by lukan on Sunday June 23, 2024 @04:11AM (#40765604)
China is starting to mass produce NaCl batteries. They will be cheaper.

And also only Powerwalls produced in this quantity would have way lower prices. My point was batteries are getting cheaper every day.

Re:HH70, the first high-temperature superconducting Tokamak ... by pstrateman on Saturday June 22, 2024 @11:14PM (#40764468)
A powerwall is $12k installed.

That's about 5 years worth of power bills for most people.

Re:HH70, the first high-temperature superconducting Tokamak ... by j16sdiz on Sunday June 23, 2024 @02:07AM (#40765127)
It could be less stable, if each and every powerwall is slightly out of phase.
Re:HH70, the first high-temperature superconducting Tokamak ... by lukan on Sunday June 23, 2024 @04:12AM (#40765610)
But this is something, one can avoid by only allowing well tuned batteries to the grid? Or is this a serious problem to get right?