Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Another side of the organizational improvements that batteries have: redeployable.

Underprovision? Pour some more concrete, truck a couple more batteries in.

Overprovision? Load em up again and resell them to someone who wants them. Can't quite do that with a gas plant.

Sure there will be some overhead lost, but it just make soooo much sense to go with battiers from a risk perspective.



Definitely, I saw that these units are sized to standard container dimensions as well so they could even load them onto a truck for temporary load balancing or supplying power.

They also look (but I'm a layman) easily maintainable, more like server racks than high tension electricity stations. I wonder if the batteries would be hot swappable.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: