It's exactly that. The state has to get more power from solar/wind, and store energy for the nighttime. With the demand spiking because of the heat, they have to store more for overnight, so the system doesn't go down, so they're rationing power in the daytime for it.
They also do shutdowns because they haven't maintained their transmission lines adequately and they're a forest fire risk when the winds kick up. California does everything maximally bad.
I mean, you can store power in almost anything. The trick is to do it in a space-efficient, weight-efficient manner with decent longevity and decent round-trip losses.
Unfortunately, these are supercaps, which tend to be great on longevity but terrible on space/weight efficiency, and lose charge over time.
They are getting ~222uWh/cm^2 which works out to ~20Wh in 100 square feet of brick wall. Note: not kWh. Wh. 0.02kWh in 100 square feet of wall.
Now, if they can scale it up - say, by further increasing surface area while not compromising structural integrity - that'd be great.
It's exactly that. The state has to get more power from solar/wind, and store energy for the nighttime. With the demand spiking because of the heat, they have to store more for overnight, so the system doesn't go down, so they're rationing power in the daytime for it.
They also do shutdowns because they haven't maintained their transmission lines adequately and they're a forest fire risk when the winds kick up. California does everything maximally bad.
you cannot store this amount of energy. this is PART of why renewables sux, theyre not constant.
energy companies deliver constant wasted electricity because there is no storage. ie always produce more than consumed as a buffer. well except CA.
Apparently some smart people figured out how to store electricity in bricks I swear this fuckin timeline is crazy...
Developed at Washington University, so it's racist.
I mean, you can store power in almost anything. The trick is to do it in a space-efficient, weight-efficient manner with decent longevity and decent round-trip losses.
Unfortunately, these are supercaps, which tend to be great on longevity but terrible on space/weight efficiency, and lose charge over time.
They are getting ~222uWh/cm^2 which works out to ~20Wh in 100 square feet of brick wall. Note: not kWh. Wh. 0.02kWh in 100 square feet of wall.
Now, if they can scale it up - say, by further increasing surface area while not compromising structural integrity - that'd be great.
Nowhere near there yet though.