Post B6P6fzpJXltnVVMSQa by domi@donotsta.re
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 (DIR) Post #B6OCoeorQHVhWkhbdo by bascule@mas.to
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       The world is installing grid batteries at a blistering paceA total of 112 gigawatts of batteries were deployed around the world in 2025 — 10 times the amount added just four years prior.https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/batteries/world-installing-grid-batteries
       
 (DIR) Post #B6OijRSUrptxAunaEK by LilaHexe@fedi.lilahexe.top
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       @bascule wtf is a "gigawatt" of battery storage? shouldn't it be measured in watt hours (plus some SI-prefix)
       
 (DIR) Post #B6OijRiRuWf5yOGK5w by mklovenotcyber@infosec.exchange
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       @LilaHexe @bascule both numbers are relevant, but output is critical if you want to actually compensate fossil based plants during evening peaks and daily fluctuations I guess
       
 (DIR) Post #B6OijRzStGGypADucK by LilaHexe@fedi.lilahexe.top
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       @mklovenotcyber @bascule yeah, but 1kW of output can be achieved with four of these 21700 cells: www.18650batterystore.com/products/ampace-jp40-21700-4000mah-70a-batteryNot for very long of course: less than a minute, at best. But it does output 1kW :OBattery capacity is farrrrr more interesting imo
       
 (DIR) Post #B6OijSA6FimPM9CPC4 by domi@donotsta.re
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       @LilaHexe @bascule @mklovenotcyber not at scale, you need tons of supporting circuitry for voltage step up, among other thingsplus, you’d kill those poor lipos in a couple months if you fully discharged them each evening. the grid needs a solution that lasts years to decades, not weeks to months
       
 (DIR) Post #B6P6fzamPoGymQYqm0 by LilaHexe@fedi.lilahexe.top
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       @domi @bascule @mklovenotcyber Yeah of course those lipos won't last long like that. But it annoys me that capacity doesn't even get a mention in the article
       
 (DIR) Post #B6P6fzpJXltnVVMSQa by domi@donotsta.re
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       @LilaHexe @bascule @mklovenotcyber The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second (…)(wikipedia)technically watt is already an unit of capacity, but most laypeople don’t look at it like that. in terms of a power grid, you almost never see watt-hours being used to describe capacity, at least from what i’ve seen