ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoNorth Carolina is getting a $1.4B sodium-ion battery gigafactoryelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down17
arrow-up1366arrow-down1external-linkNorth Carolina is getting a $1.4B sodium-ion battery gigafactoryelectrek.coArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoHow do you create gigawatts of batteries. Wouldn’t it be something more like gigawatt-hours of batteries?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoYeah, it’s probably GWh, W and Wh are frequently interchanged.
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYeah you’re probably right. Although the peak power you can withdraw from a battery is also an important factor, the energy capacity would be the expected size to be reported here.
How do you create gigawatts of batteries. Wouldn’t it be something more like gigawatt-hours of batteries?
Yeah, it’s probably GWh, W and Wh are frequently interchanged.
Yeah you’re probably right.
Although the peak power you can withdraw from a battery is also an important factor, the energy capacity would be the expected size to be reported here.