How Will Some New Startups Help To Solve The Grid Storage Problem? 📦

13    29 Oct 2020 15:19 by u/mbhp1

The grid energy storage problem is not a scientific one and instead, finance and durability come into play. The simple truth is that solar panels and wind turbines are clean, cheap, reliable sources of electricity, till they cease working. The sun always sets and wind currents are not consistent and subsequently, they can’t power an electrical grid on their own.

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3 u/None 29 Oct 2020 16:03
The grid storage problem is not solvable with current level of battery technology. No amount of engineering and connecting AA-sized batteries together will work at the scale required. A major breakthrough in battery technology (or a whole different concept) are required. Marginal improvements are not enough as we need to increase energy density of batteries 10-100x to make this work. Until then it's just an expensive gimmick.