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Why doesn’t the UK just deploy large battery banks like Tesla Megapack?

Kognito 2y ago
It's a work in progress for sure, but it's certainly not cheap. Getting enough battery storage will be a mammoth task. From the aricle, Europe's (then) biggest battery could supply just 2 hours of power to 300k homes - compared with ~ 35 million homes in the UK. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/uk-builds-europes-biggest-battery-out-of-tesla-megapacks/ https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/uk-builds-europes...
phil21 2y ago
In a word: Math.
beAbU 2y ago
"just"
datavirtue 2y ago
Batteries cost a fortune, have all kinds of supporting hardware that has to be maintained, fire prone, and they depreciate. Who wants that on their books?
- bryanlarsen 2y ago
  > Batteries cost a fortune, have all kinds of supporting hardware that has to be maintained, fire prone, and they depreciate. Who wants that on their books? Natgas cost a fortune, have all kinds of supporting hardware that has to be maintained, fire prone, and they depreciate. Who wants that on their books? All of that is more true for natgas than for batteries.
  - datavirtue 2y ago
    You seriously do not believe your argument. All those costs are aggregated. As opposed to a battery endpoint, which is not. Someone is going to have to bear the cost. Right now a proprietor has to foot the bill for tanks, pumps and fuel on a shakey financing model. Just hoping they can sell enough mountain dew, CBD, and cigarettes to keep their head above water.
weebull 2y ago
We have some... https://www.nationalgrid.com/richborough-energy-park-battery-connects-grid-site-former-coal-plant https://www.nationalgrid.com/richborough-energy-park-battery... ...and others are being planned.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr4j1nrd0ro https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr4j1nrd0ro https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/200-megawatt-battery-storage-facility-approved-for-west-lothian-town/ar-AA1rA8b2 https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/200-megawatt-battery-s...

It's a work in progress for sure, but it's certainly not cheap. Getting enough battery storage will be a mammoth task. From the aricle, Europe's (then) biggest battery could supply just 2 hours of power to 300k homes - compared with ~ 35 million homes in the UK. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/uk-builds-europes-biggest-battery-out-of-tesla-megapacks/ https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/uk-builds-europes...

phil21 2y ago

In a word: Math.

beAbU 2y ago

"just"

datavirtue 2y ago

Batteries cost a fortune, have all kinds of supporting hardware that has to be maintained, fire prone, and they depreciate. Who wants that on their books?

bryanlarsen 2y ago
> Batteries cost a fortune, have all kinds of supporting hardware that has to be maintained, fire prone, and they depreciate. Who wants that on their books? Natgas cost a fortune, have all kinds of supporting hardware that has to be maintained, fire prone, and they depreciate. Who wants that on their books? All of that is more true for natgas than for batteries.
- datavirtue 2y ago
  You seriously do not believe your argument. All those costs are aggregated. As opposed to a battery endpoint, which is not. Someone is going to have to bear the cost. Right now a proprietor has to foot the bill for tanks, pumps and fuel on a shakey financing model. Just hoping they can sell enough mountain dew, CBD, and cigarettes to keep their head above water.

weebull 2y ago

We have some... https://www.nationalgrid.com/richborough-energy-park-battery-connects-grid-site-former-coal-plant https://www.nationalgrid.com/richborough-energy-park-battery... ...and others are being planned.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr4j1nrd0ro https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr4j1nrd0ro https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/200-megawatt-battery-storage-facility-approved-for-west-lothian-town/ar-AA1rA8b2 https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/200-megawatt-battery-s...