[chris222]

Why doesn’t the UK just deploy large battery banks like Tesla Megapack?

[Kognito]

It's a work in progress for sure, but it's certainly not cheap. Getting enough battery storage will be a mammoth task.

From the aricle, Europe's (then) biggest battery could supply just 2 hours of power to 300k homes - compared with ~ 35 million homes in the UK.

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/uk-builds-europes...

[datavirtue]

Batteries cost a fortune, have all kinds of supporting hardware that has to be maintained, fire prone, and they depreciate. Who wants that on their books?

[bryanlarsen]

> Batteries cost a fortune, have all kinds of supporting hardware that has to be maintained, fire prone, and they depreciate. Who wants that on their books?

Natgas cost a fortune, have all kinds of supporting hardware that has to be maintained, fire prone, and they depreciate. Who wants that on their books?

All of that is more true for natgas than for batteries.

[phil21]

In a word: Math.

[weebull]

We have some...

https://www.nationalgrid.com/richborough-energy-park-battery...

...and others are being planned....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr4j1nrd0ro

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/200-megawatt-battery-s...

[beAbU]

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