Batterys are they the way to go?

Originally posted by Dochico: ↑

Meme away.

Meanwhile in the real world.

"In less than 15 years, battery costs have fallen by more than 90%," according to a new report from the International Energy Agency, "one of the fastest declines ever seen in clean energy technologies."

"An expected sharp fall in battery costs for energy storage in coming years will accelerate the shift to renewable energy from fossil fuels, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday... The total capital costs of battery storage are due to tumble by up to 40% by 2030, the Paris-based watchdog said in its Batteries and Secure Energy Transitions report.

"The combination of solar PV (photovoltaic) and batteries is today competitive with new coal plants in India," said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. "And just in the next few years, it will be cheaper than new coal in China and gas-fired power in the United States. Batteries are changing the game before our eyes." [...] The global market for energy storage doubled last year to over 90 gigawatt-hours (GWh), the report said...

"The slide in battery costs will also help provide electricity to millions of people without access, cutting by nearly half the average electricity costs of mini-grids with solar PV coupled with batteries by 2030, the IEA said.

"One place adopting the tech is California: Standing in the middle of a solar farm in Yolo County, [California governor] Newsom announced the state now had battery storage systems with the capacity of more than 10,000 megawatts — about 20% of the 52,000 megawatts the state says is needed to meet its climate goals."

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/tumble-storage-battery-costs-boost-shift-renewables-says-iea-2024-04-25/

From what I'm seeing, I'd say a drop in cost of 40% by 2030 is a very conservative estimate. Nuclear is a non-starter in terms of cost, new coal plants are too expensive even today.

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I pay 30c KWH; nuclear retail 10c KWH in US.

Nuclear far cheaper than ruinables

The 30c is Ergon in Cairns (black coal) and Red Energy (mix, coal, hydro, wind solar)
on Mornington Peninsula.

https://www.skynews.com.au/insights-and-analysis/twiggy-forrests-cautionary-tale-flailing-green-hydrogen-project-rips-a-hole-in-labors-plan-to-turn-australia-into-a-clean-energy-superpower/news-story/1b2639de979eff226111cc3cff8dd138

In October 2022, Chris Bowen lobbed a lazy $13.7 million at a company that planned to build a giant hydrogen production plant in Brisbane.
The Energy Minister said building the 500MW Gibson Island electrolyser was “critical” to turning Australia into a green energy superpower, exporting clean hydrogen and ammonia to the world.
The electrolyser will be the largest built to date, feeding renewable hydrogen directly into the first fully decarbonised ammonia facility.
Eighteen months later, the Gibson Island project has fallen in a heap.

Arizona's Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is the second largest power plant in the USA, with a capacity of 3.9 GW.
It has run without incident since 1986 at Tonopah, 75km south of Pheonix.
The operating cost, including fuel and maintenance, was estimated to be 4.3 US cents in 2015.
“Twiggy” Forrest told the National Press Club in February that the Coalition’s push for nuclear energy was “bulldust” and a “new lie”.Yet Forrest’s most promising investment in green hydrogen will be fuelled in part at least by nuclear. Go figure.