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4. Yep. In any case these batteries are not really about energy storage...

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 11:59 AM

Dec 2014

... they are about network stability, matching the less predictable output of wind and solar generation to the more predictable load.

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Texas Law Could Short-Circuit Battery Breakthrough [View all] TexasTowelie Dec 2014 OP

It's an appropriate term due to the nature of the law. kentauros Dec 2014 #2

I really wish they could get their terms straight dumbcat Dec 2014 #3

The stored energy is used dumbcat Dec 2014 #5

Mathematically, yes. hunter Dec 2014 #6