Why batteries are changing the renewables debate
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The cost of battery storage has dropped more than 90 per cent since 2010, bringing the cost of renewable energy down with it.
  • NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Fully dispatchable renewable with sufficiently deep buffers against dunkelflaute is prohibitively expensive(BESS 120 usd/kWh) , and this ruins your EROEI which is already marginal to start with.

    Renewable energy sources that can be switched on and off at will with sufficiently deep buffers against lulls in generation are prohibitively expensive (Battery Energy Storage Systems cost 120 usd/kWh) , and this ruins your Energy Return on Energy Invested ratio which is already marginal to start with.