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Solar Is Cheapest Electricity in History, U.S. DOE Aims to Cut Costs 60% by 2030

(cleantechnica.com)
131 points mg | 1 comments | 26 Mar 21 20:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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rich_sasha ◴[26 Mar 21 22:13 UTC] No.26597628[source]▶
If solar were free, but we still needed to pay for battery storage, how would it then compare in cost to fuel-based alternatives (fossil fuel, nuclear etc)?
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andechs ◴[26 Mar 21 22:27 UTC] No.26597763[source]▶
Not all battery storage needs to be electrochemical - hydroelectric dams work amazingly as pumped storage batteries (although site specific).
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1. danans ◴[26 Mar 21 22:41 UTC] No.26597880[source]▶
And even simpler: electric heat pump water heaters, which already coat about the same as has water heaters to operate, and also serve as dispatchable one way energy storage for intermittent renewables.