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Re: Battery storage system that could close down coal
Reply #15 - Nov 21^st, 2013 at 6:16pm

Bobby. wrote on Nov 20^th, 2013 at 9:21pm:

muso wrote on Nov 20^th, 2013 at 4:53am:

Fair enough. You're the electrician.

Actually - my studies & experience relate to electronics.

Just controlling that amount of power is very difficult - 10 megawatts.

It must be turned from DC to AC 50Hz 3 phase which is in phase with the power grid.
Then the whole process must work in reverse to charge the batteries.

Even 5% inefficiencies would cause extreme heat & failure of the semiconductors.
I don't know how they do it.
Maybe they have special superconductor ceramics?

Actually that must be the most lucid and rational thing you have ever written, you shoud be like that more often in your writings.

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Re: Battery storage system that could close down coal
Reply #16 - Nov 21^st, 2013 at 6:18pm

muso wrote on Nov 21^st, 2013 at 5:52pm:

Actually I like the cottage industry approach. If power companies lease battery storage from consumers with solar panel installations, it's a good outcome for everybody and it puts the storage at the right location.

There was an earlier post relating to that.

Apart from the cottage industry approach approach good post Grin

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Reply #17 - Nov 21^st, 2013 at 6:20pm

Bobby. wrote on Nov 21^st, 2013 at 5:56pm:

muso wrote on Nov 21^st, 2013 at 5:52pm:

Actually I like the cottage industry approach. If power companies lease battery storage from consumers with solar panel installations, it's a good outcome for everybody and it puts the storage at the right location.

There was an earlier post relating to that.

But the feedin tariff on solar systems used to be 3 times
what we pay for electricity -
now it's about 1/3 of what we pay.

Electricity companies don't like sending consumers a cheque.

All heil regulated markets!

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Re: Battery storage system that could close down coal
Reply #18 - Nov 21^st, 2013 at 6:26pm

BigOl64 wrote on Nov 21^st, 2013 at 6:16pm:

Bobby. wrote on Nov 20^th, 2013 at 9:21pm:

muso wrote on Nov 20^th, 2013 at 4:53am:

Fair enough. You're the electrician.

Actually - my studies & experience relate to electronics.

Just controlling that amount of power is very difficult - 10 megawatts.

It must be turned from DC to AC 50Hz 3 phase which is in phase with the power grid.
Then the whole process must work in reverse to charge the batteries.

Even 5% inefficiencies would cause extreme heat & failure of the semiconductors.
I don't know how they do it.
Maybe they have special superconductor ceramics?

Actually that must be the most lucid and rational thing you have ever written, you shoud be like that more often in your writings.

Thanks BigOl,
that's the nicest thing you've ever said about me. Cry

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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: Battery storage system that could close down coal Reply #19 - Nov 21^st, 2013 at 7:05pm BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Nov 21^st, 2013 at 6:18pm: Apart from the cottage industry approach approach good post Actually that must be the most lucid and rational thing you have ever written, you shoud be like that more often in your writings.
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