Re: 1GW (sic) Battery Energy Storage Systems

On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 19:04:06 +0000, TTman <kraken.sankey@gmail.com>
wrote:

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https://www.natpower.uk/project/bellmoor/
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https://www.natpower.uk/project/teesside2/
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It is all very slick virtual reality marketing stuff.

 
You've got to have energy before you can store it!
 
About all the UK has now is coal. Its NG reserves are mostly used up.
 

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No, excess wind power meant I got paid for lots of my energy in the last
24 hrs.21:30 my cost is 0.66p yes! £00.66
22:30 minus 1.32p ( i.e I get paid to use it)

There will be weeks of cold and dark and still, occasionally all
across europe.  There aren't enough batteries to make it through
those. Maybe everyone can bundle up in bed until things improve.

For reliable power, nukes make sense, as does natural gas imported
from somewhere.

One can store a lot of LNG. Or uranium.