1.4 GW: battery storage at former Grohnde nuclear power plant

HelloUsername

not great, not terrible

skywhopper

Recently had a battery storage facility nixed near where I live because the loudest local residents were panicked about possibilities of leaks of heavy chemicals into the groundwater (which is somewhat fair) and a bunch of less reasonable nonsense. Still, assuming the legit risks can be handled, facilities like these are crucial to future growth in electricity demand.

wongarsu

Batteries are deployed quickly, but high-capacity grid connections can take a decade in the planning phase alone. Everyone wants one, and NIMBYs are quick to oppose them. Locating at a decommissioned nuclear plant is a great solution avoiding this issue

nickcw

1.4 GW power, 6 GWh capacity 6 GWh is approximately 5 kilotons of TNT equivalent. Would make a big bang should it go off.

boringg

Wow this is a massive arbitrage play. Big proponent of BESS but 5 GW of batteries to buy cheap wind and sell at a higher price is a wild bet. Must have a lot of grants and government money for this one to pencil out.

trklausss

Nice to see it’s being put to good use. I used to fly the rodeo thermals with a glider… Missing the cloud machine :’)

elzbardico

So it can store 6 hours of output of the previous existing nuclear power station.