alt Hacker NewsNot for industry that needs to run when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing. Sure, in theory maybe someday battery storage will present another option but that won't be realistic or economically feasible for many years.
Not for industry that needs to run when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing. Sure, in theory maybe someday battery storage will present another option but that won't be realistic or economically feasible for many years.
There are lots of different industries with different needs. The ones that use a lot of energy make as many changes to how they work as they can to get cheap energy. They don't run 24x7 if they don't have to.