Battery storage becomes biggest source of supply in evening peak in one of world's biggest grids | RenewEconomy

A landmark event occurred in the US on Tuesday night when battery storage become for the first time the largest source of supply in the California grid, which delivers electricity to the world’s fifth biggest economy and is one of the world’s biggest grids.

The milestone was noted by a bunch of energy analysts and data geeks on Twitter/X, including by Joe Deely, who noted that the output of battery storage in the evening peak went above 6 gigawatts (GW) for the first time.

That allowed battery storage to overtake gas, hydro, nuclear and renewables as the biggest source of supply for a period of about two hours in the evening peak.

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https://reneweconomy.com.au/battery-storage-becomes-biggest-source-of-supply-in-evening-peak-in-one-of-worlds-biggest-grids/

Battery storage becomes biggest source of supply in evening peak in one of world's biggest grids | RenewEconomy

Battery storage becomes biggest supplier to California's grid in evening peak for first time.

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The Borderlands (both sides) looked resplendent today. What a fine part of the world.

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“Data shows for the first time that the peak demand for electricity this summer will exceed the amount we can generate from on-demand, dispatchable power, so we will be relying on #renewables to keep the lights on.”

But rather than fix the grid, #Republicans spent their time in the #Texas legislature trying to block renewable #energy:
https://www.texasobserver.org/88th-session-texas-legislature-lgbtq-energy-schools/

#environment #infrastructure #ClimateChange #TXlege #politics #news #USpol #OilAndGas

The Awful 88th Session of the Texas Lege

Losers during the 88th session of the legislature included taxpayers, teachers, trans youths, and anyone who uses electricity.

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