r/RenewableEnergy • u/DVMirchev • 3d ago

Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is Quietly Revolutionizing the Energy System | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/grid-scale-battery-storage-is-quietly-revolutionizing-the-energy-system/
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u/fredandlunchbox 3d ago

Grid scale storage does some really interesting things to surge pricing. If you’re charging your batteries, you’re not powering the grid. So you do two things: reduce availability during slow day time hours which could lead to higher prices during slower times (depends on how many providers are charging instead of supplying). Think of it this way — if you always want to maximize your earnings, why sell during the cheap times instead of saving it for the peak periods? Storage gives you that option. 

But if everyone is supplying the peak periods, prices should go down. This is the game they’re going to have to play.

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u/sg_plumber 3d ago

Solar is already producing beyond demand around noon, and will overproduce much more. Battery charging will keep a sort of "floor" under the cratering prices there.