4-hour battery storage is cheaper to install than gas turbines all across globe

Re:4-hour battery storage is cheaper to install than gas tur... by 7e on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:02PM (#50009480)

This; batteries are still ungodly expensive for seasonal or long-term storage.

And what happens if you need to satisfy peak demand for more than four hours at a time (and you will)? You still need some generators or overprovisoned batteries.

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Re:4-hour battery storage is cheaper to install than gas tur... by NetMageSCW on Thursday October 08, 2026 @03:40PM (#50010969)

Then it isn’t a peak, it is an increased base load and you install or build something else.

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