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Comment by inglor_cz

"Batteries/Storage are cheap to build today"

And yet the existing battery facilities that could keep a smallish region (or a single city) supplied for 15 minutes or more are exceedingly rare.

Maybe they aren't as cheap as you claim. Australia is recently building a 1200 MW battery in New South Wales for 2.4 billion dollars - a cost comparable to a new nuclear reactor.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/05/world...

parent inglor_cz 4 years ago

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