“Gas accounts for 40% of California’s grid. However, its use in April registered its lowest proportion in seven years.”

  • magiccupcake@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Grid storage wouldn’t be lithium ion, something like lithium phosphate would be better.

    Step one, buy in bulk to get a price closer to $150/kwh

    Step 2, use for much longer than 2000 cycles, lfp have much longer expected lifetimes, and since space/weight aren’t a huger consideration, you can replace individual cells when they go bad.

    Step 3, produce your own energy, if you have your own energy generation, you don’t need to pay grid prices, and profit is much better.

    Disclaimer, I am not an expert in this at all, but this is how I imagine it could make sense.