This looks exactly like I always imagined battery storage should look like, at least in a first step. Mid-sized batteries strategically distributed in the grid for frequency regulation/grid balancing.
- lnxtx ( @lnxtx@feddit.nl ) English6•4 days ago
I hate mixing W with Wh.
Is it 211 MWh battery storage with maximum power output (peak, average, etc.) of 211 MW?
- MrMakabar ( @MrMakabar@slrpnk.net ) English6•4 days ago
It very much looks like it is 211MW lasting for 1h giving 211MWh.
- Mihies ( @Mihies@programming.dev ) 2•4 days ago
It literally says in first paragraph “…in Sweden to deploy 211 MW / 211 MWh…”
- lnxtx ( @lnxtx@feddit.nl ) English3•4 days ago
= 1 h
It’s not a strictly technical megazine. That’s why I have doubts.
- Mihies ( @Mihies@programming.dev ) 2•3 days ago
Ha, right. Seems that distinguishing between power and energy is really a hard task (for journalists).
- Tobberone ( @Tobberone@lemm.ee ) 1•4 days ago
There is usually a 1:1 between MW:MWh at these capacities.
- Mihies ( @Mihies@programming.dev ) 5•4 days ago
Sadly no info whatsoever on batteries.
- AlsaValderaan ( @AlsaValderaan@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 5•4 days ago
I found this on it; still need to read through it. Some sort of lithium battery technology, it seems.
- Hirom ( @Hirom@beehaw.org ) 3•4 days ago
Li-Ion seems to be the go-to solution. I hope new static energy storage projects will prefer other options (Na-Ion, flow batteries, …) since there’s a limited supply of Lithium and we need it for vehicles.
- Mihies ( @Mihies@programming.dev ) 3•3 days ago
Yeah, I was hoping for other less toxic and more nature friendly ones, too.
- Tobberone ( @Tobberone@lemm.ee ) 1•3 days ago
It’s the only chemistry possible to source unfortunately. I read about other chemistries, but they are hard to find.
- houseofleft ( @houseofleft@slrpnk.net ) English3•4 days ago
I don’t know specifics on this battery farm, but almost all are essentially fleets of shipping containers filled with smaller batteries, rather than some super-cool-mega-battery, so it’s probably a safe assumption that this is a landmark project in scale, rather than in technology specifics.