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Vistra's battery storage facility goes up in flames, spurs evacuation orders (www.yahoo.com)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Yeah, I think massive chemical batteries for storing excess electricity to facilitate a contrived green energy market is a bad idea.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Clearly, storing steam in tanks for demand surges is the most efficient form of energy storage (as in Factorio)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I would prefer to use energy rather than store it, but yes, pressure vessels are preferable to chemical batteries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Yeah, that's probably true. I was mainly being silly and making a factorio reference. On the other hand, with the intermittent/cyclical nature of renewable energy, I don't think it's unreasonable to look into ways to store it for times when demand outstrips supply. Maybe there's something I'm missing? I'm not an expert in energy grids or anything.