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Britain’s grid battery storage record is maddening | The UK is great at building renewables but not the batteries needed to use green electricity effectively (www.ft.com)

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[–] MrMakabar 1 points 2 months ago

The answer is rather simple. Batteries only really make sense, when you have enough renewable overproduction to actually store. If not you just take turn off gas power plants instead.