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whimsicalismtoday at 4:03 PM1 replyview on HN

batteries are not yet competitive with fossil fuel


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outside2344today at 4:18 PM

This is not true. Batteries are cheaper than peaker power plants using fossil fuel. They also allow the operator to fulfill market demands at the minute level versus the hours previously that it took to turn on a peaker plant.

This is being done at scale in California and Texas.

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