Quote Originally Posted by BladesNBarrels View Post
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Batteries!

That what we're told is next, but we're no where close to being able to use batteries.

Look at our local Platte River Power Authority as the example I posted above. They tout about 52MW of solar generation capacity, which is significant for a small regional utility. But they are just now getting around to installing 2MW of battery storage (the discharge is 1MW for just 2-hours when there isn't any sun). So they'll only be able to store/use about 2% of the max generation capacity. Those lithium-ion batteries will be 33ft long, 6ft wide, 10ft tall.