Post #3785913
2026-07-13 13:42 UTC
Its not insane at all, in fact battery based energy storage is already keeping black outs from happening in California. Batteries are currently on an exponential tech development curve, so in 5 years data becomes obsolete. The result of that is we have people thinking Europe can’t use battery grid storage to help easy nuclear maintaince down time.
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@Mihies@programming.dev 2026-07-13 15:46
Let’s see, a smaller nuclear power plant operates at 1GW, that means you’d need to store 12GWh per day (plus 12 of direct use) assuming half day solar doesn’t yield, or more with cloudy days and long winter nights. Where do we have such energy storage?