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Grid-Scale Battery Stabilizes Scottish Power Supply

5 purpleko 4 8/4/2025, 2:31:33 PM spectrum.ieee.org ↗

Comments (4)

epistasis · 3h ago

Even a few years ago it was commonplace to say that batteries would never be able to do this very thing.

It's still common to say that batteries can't do this, but it is happening all over the world.

actionfromafar · 3h ago

Well, it's still impossible in the US.

toomuchtodo · 2h ago

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64705

> In the United States, cumulative utility-scale battery storage capacity exceeded 26 gigawatts (GW) in 2024, according to our January 2025 Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. Generators added 10.4 GW of new battery storage capacity in 2024, the second-largest generating capacity addition after solar. Even though battery storage capacity is growing fast, in 2024 it was only 2% of the 1,230 GW of utility-scale electricity generating capacity in the United States.

> In 2025, capacity growth from battery storage could set a record as operators report plans to add 19.6 GW of utility-scale battery storage to the grid, according to our January 2025 preliminary electric generator inventory data.

(more batteries = improved support for renewables uptake for smoothing generation->demand volatility)

epistasis · 2h ago

Only if you get your information from Fox News.

In reality, 10.3GW of batteries were added in 2024 in the US. In 2025, 18GW are expected:

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64586

This Scottish battery is 0.2GW.

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