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tzstoday at 12:11 AM1 replyview on HN

The incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act greatly increased US domestic battery production capacity. It went from 7 GWh per year in 2023 to 70 GWh per year in early 2026 and is expected to reach 1400 GWh per year by the end of the decade.

Domestic solar cell manufacturing was also growing rapidly, although I believe that may have slowed due to Trump.

I don't know about wind turbine production because I can't convince the !@#$%&?ing search engine to tell me about manufacturing rather than installation.


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hunterpaynetoday at 12:47 AM

1400 GWh of Li-ion batteries would require consuming the entire planets known Li reserves plus a bit more.

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