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Once a Gamble in the Desert, Electric Grid Batteries Are Everywhere (www.nytimes.com)
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An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 week ago

They're mostly not set up as a backup system, but to time-shift wind and solar so that it isnt necessary to use more expensive fossil fuel generation. For example, here is what utility-scale battery use looked like on Dec 5 in California