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US battery storage smashes deployment records in Q4 2023 (electrek.co)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/futurology

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Not entirely sure if this fits the futurology theme, but I thought people here might be interested. Anyone know of a more appropriate community to post this in?

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[–] joewilliams007@kbin.melroy.org -1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

battery storage? how long do they last until they loose most capacity.

A lake pump system would make much more sense to store energy. Pump up water into a higher lake when theres too much energy and get it back with turbines, when you need energy.

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 months ago

Pumped hydro doesn't work in flat places. Pumped hydro makes up like 90% of current grid storage though.

[–] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

About 10 years until they're down to 80% capacity

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

LFP? Not even. Lots of LFP aren't seeing even a 10% drop on 6000 cycles, which should be 20 years in normal use. Maybe really bad B-grade would be 20%.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago

Pumps a very inefficient