Many did not know short-duration batteries can be concatenated to run one after the other to produce long-duration storage
The 17.3 GW of CAOSP batteries, if new, cost ~$0.003/kWh-grid-elec produced, or 1/100th retail price of elec
4-h batteries discharged all night-demo of long-duration storage
Grid: 17.307 GW batteries
Batt output up 292% in '26 v '23
Gas down 42.4%
219th of 307 days (71.3%) & 16.9% of all hours in 2026 w/ WWS>100% of demand
WWS has supplied 54.6% of demand '26
Many did not know short-duration batteries can be concatenated to run one after the other to produce long-duration storage
The 17.3 GW of CAOSP batteries, if new, cost ~$0.003/kWh-grid-elec produced, or 1/100th retail price of elec