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	seb1204 20 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The US added a record 20.2 GWh of battery storage ... Batteries are great but every country still needs generation to charge them up. Some of the big gentailers build very little new generation capacity.
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viraptor 19 hours ago | [–]

There's likely some spare solar capacity that will help. Currently the peak of solar is almost counterproductive, but converting that to storage is good for both the consumers and the power plants. (Less feed in during the day, lower evening peak)

criddell 17 hours ago | [–]

Don't grid operators typically have excess capacity most of the time?

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