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[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This is the funny AI response that says both millions and billions for the cost of a terawatt hour of battery capacity. For my own calculations I actually went to the source at Bloomberg and took a number that was on the lower side, but not the minimum, of the range they provided for 2024.

I don't think we have to worry about AI developing the I part of AI anytime soon.

Also, in 2024 we roughly doubled our peak solar output from 600 MW to 1300 MW! (2025 unfortunately saw a LOT less new solar installation).

But our winter peak consumption is 1600 GW, so this is still a bit under 0.1% of that. And peak production is in the summer :/

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