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The real problem with your analysis is you want far less energy storage than that. A reasonable goal for vary high levels of 'green' tech is ~1% or ~15 minutes of grid energy storage. Beyond that it's much more valuable to simply build some peaking power plants and have excess capacity.



Well, the aim is to best peaking plants on a levelized energy cost basis. Not an easy challenge but momentous if possible.




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