Re: 1GW (sic) Battery Energy Storage Systems

On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 11:51:55 -0700, Don Y
<blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:

On 11/24/2024 10:58 AM, Martin Brown wrote:

The ones in my neck of the woods (3 of them) all 1GW are in public consultation
at the moment. It is likely to get rather interesting.
 
The ones with the most detailed prospectus after first stage public
consultation are at Teesside former steelworks site (fair enough) and South
Kilvington green field site (not good). The battery modules look way too close
together in the plans for my liking - any fire would have spread before the
fire brigade even got there.

>
State legislature is pushing laws/incentives to support *pumped*
storage, here.  Of course, the geography will dictate where
that will be practical...
>

That needs high steep hills, which is OK in a few places.

I'd guess that viscous losses would make long runs, up shallow hills,
impractical. After all, we wouldn't want regular pumping stations.