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mbgerringyesterday at 8:35 PM1 replyview on HN

There will be connected batteries in every home solving this problem faster than the fossil fuel lobby can come up with a new talking point about why it’ll never work.


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laurenceroweyesterday at 9:36 PM

I'm not convinced we'll ever see mass deployments of batteries to homes, not because of the fossil fuel lobby but because of the economies of scale from installing grid sized batteries at strategic points in the transmission network.

In California grid scale batteries have capital costs of around $125/kWh to $155/kWh while a home battery might be 20x that including installation.

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