Nick Hedley @nickhedley.bsky.social

During the evening peak period last night, big batteries discharged 7.5GW of instantaneous power into California's grid at one point, covering 28% of the state's electricity needs. Big battery capacity has doubled in a year. Gas is on its way out.

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Kate Orman @kateorman.bsky.social [ View ] May 17, 2024 at 23:04 UTC

I'd like to mention these statistics in a letter I'm writing to Australia's resources minister. Have you got a source for them? Thanks!

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Excalibur Discount Legal Services @kevychristian.bsky.social [ View ] May 17, 2024 at 13:33 UTC

It's absolutely to me that the state's power grid has enough batteries in it to supply 28% of the electricity needs for 40 million freaking people.

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Infrastructure is politics @rational.bsky.social [ View ] May 24, 2024 at 23:41 UTC

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@martinmartin.bsky.social [ View ] May 17, 2024 at 23:19 UTC

That's enough to power 6.19 deloreans!

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Frankie F. Funk @frankieffunk.bsky.social [ View ] May 18, 2024 at 00:06 UTC

Fuck the Midwest needs to catch up.

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