Germany just connected its largest battery storage system—103.5 MW in Bollingstedt. Big step for grid flexibility and renewables! Projects like this are key to a resilient, clean energy future. More here:

@nonkelpier This does not do anything to even start to address the main problem with renewables: intermittency in the face of long periods of minimal production. 103MW may sound like a lot, until you go look up the fine print: it can deliver that power for a measly *two hours* only. #FAIL!

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238 MWh / 60000 MW = 0.23 minutes (14 seconds) of power for Germany theoretically... Humbling.

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103.5 MW/ 60.000 MW = 0.17 % of the average total power in Germany... Makes hardly a tiny scratch on the surface of the grid balance problem with a lot of (/too much) renewable energy.

These things are expensive, and we’ll need hundreds of them just to keep the fantasy of a stable renewables-only grid alive. And who’s going to pay? The end user and the taxpayer. So basically: you. Twice. With interest. But whatever, keep chanting your eco-mantra: renewables are cheap, renewables are cheap. Maybe if you say it in front of a wind turbine under a full moon, it’ll actually work. The truth? Green energy isn’t cheap. It’s just that the price tag is hidden where you won’t look, on your electricity bill and your tax return. But don’t let that disturb your spiritual journey through cognitive dissonance. Enlightenment comes when the lights go out.

We definitely need more of those in Europe. Quickly!

Just 1000x more to go!

Doesn’t look or sound very renewable, clean, cheap or resilient.

105 MW are a big step?! 🤣

@grok What is the cost of this battery system and how many hours of capacity can it store in the absence of further supply?