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6. They deliver their rated power for a few hours, typically 4 hours or so from articles I've read

Reply to Progressive dog (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 11, 2023, 10:04 PM

Dec 2023

I wrote about the limitations, compared to a generation source.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127170924

Anyway, from my education and work background, I am quite well aware of the difference between power and energy. I am always on the lookout for how much energy a battery project is capable of storing, not just its power rating. Both are important.

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Texas goes green: How oil country became the renewable energy leader - PBS NewsHour [View all] Rhiannon12866 Dec 2023 OP

K&R Think. Again. Dec 2023 #1

The Texas legislature and no doubt the governor are not happy about this woke power stuff progree Dec 2023 #2

The condundrum that renewable energy hating Texas politicians find themselves in... Finishline42 Dec 2023 #3

Batteries store eneregy, not power. Progressive dog Dec 2023 #5

They deliver their rated power for a few hours, typically 4 hours or so from articles I've read progree Dec 2023 #6

The bttery cost is approximately proportional to Progressive dog Dec 2023 #7

The power rating is also important. A battery could store a gazillion GWH of energy, but if it can only deliver progree Dec 2023 #8

It takes exactly the same amount Progressive dog Dec 2023 #9

I've been in the power supply planning and superintendant of operational planning of an electric utility for many years progree Dec 2023 #10

Battery back up is not for minute long outages. Progressive dog Dec 2023 #11

No, but other already online generation (and batteries) can be ramped up (the spinning reserve) . And gas turbines can progree Dec 2023 #12

Texas had an avoidable power failure in 2021 Progressive dog Dec 2023 #14

I'm not claiming that battery backup is a good solution to all power system issues progree Dec 2023 #15

So 24 hours of the shortfall in Germany Progressive dog Dec 2023 #18

Of course Powerwalls specify the energy storage. progree Dec 2023 #20

They cannot say trhat power is equivalent to energy Progressive dog Dec 2023 #17

I never said power is equivalent to energy. I SAID THE POWER RATING OF A BATTERY PACK AND progree Dec 2023 #19

NREL: The Four Phases of Storage Deployment: A Framework for the Expanding Role of Storage in the U.S. Power System OKIsItJustMe Dec 2023 #16

Texas is not going green. hunter Dec 2023 #4

Texas Net Electricity Generation by Source, Jun. 2023 OKIsItJustMe Dec 2023 #13