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Scottish Power to build vast battery (theguardian.com)
12 points by geden on June 10, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



An added benefit for a renewable operator is that you get to use the grid connection for a longer period of time. The cable/power line can be very expensive to build and under-utilized due to the intermittent nature of wind. That is probably driving this kind of co-location more than the precence of the wind farm. The batteries could just as easily be located hundreds of miles away and perform exactly the same role, but without being able to share the grid connection.




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