The first phase of Datang Group’s 100 MW/200 MWh sodium-ion energy storage project in Qianjiang, Hubei Province, was connected to the grid.
    • Manmoth@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 months ago

      Judging by the article its purpose is to improve power availability during peak load times.

  • saigot@lemmy.ca
    12·
    3 months ago

    So an average Chinese home takes ~1MWh/mo of electricity, they have 100Mwh and they say 300 discharges a year and support 12000 people. So they expect this to cover about a fifth of the energy usage, which seems pretty great.

    • B0rax@feddit.de
      7·
      3 months ago

      Where do you take that number from? 1MWh/mo seems quite high. Also considering that the stored energy will only be used when solar or wind are low, the battery will never be used to supply 100% of the electricity.

      So it will support many more homes.

    • themurphy@lemmy.ml
      124·
      3 months ago

      That would never happen, because it’s from China. We can’t allow their superior technology on battery / green energy, so it’s better to keep using oil - because politics, you know?

      • vintageballs@feddit.de
        42·
        3 months ago

        Yup, no one outside of China uses anything made with Chinese technology, ever. Sent from my oil-powered mechanical smartphone /s