c/hackernews · by rssbot@lemmy.bestiver.se · 304dCalifornia invests in battery energy storage, leaving rolling blackouts behind https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-10-17/california-made-it-through-another-summer-without-a-flex-alertComments 37 points · 3 comments · view on lemmy.world
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Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 304d
Battery essentially removes 90% of the issue of matching peaking demand from solar wind and tidal renewable supplies that woukd have required coal/LNG/nuclear/hydro.
queermunist@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 304d
They're mountainous. Surely pumped water storage would be better than chemical batteries?
Homesnatch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 303d
We have a good size pumped storage facility in my state. Pumped water storage can take nearly a decade to build and is disruptive to the environment.