ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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 · 1 month agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month 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-up4·1 month agoYeah, it’s probably GWh, W and Wh are frequently interchanged.
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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.