Last month, a fire at a battery facility in a San Diego suburb led to evacuations and a shelter-in-place order at a nearby prison. Now, fire officials with Cal Fire San Diego say the fire could take weeks to put out, a local Fox affiliate reported.
Since wind and solar energy only produce electricity under the right weather conditions, green energy proponents are hoping that battery facilities will solve the intermittency problem. Though storing energy from batteries is extremely expensive , the Biden administration is providing funds to build more storage systems . The Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that the amount of battery storage capacity planned or operating in the United States will double to 30 gigawatts by the end of 2024 .
In most cases, battery facilities store only a few hours of electricity. The U.S. Energy Information says that capacity would power about 133,000 homes for a month […]
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A luxury for the rich. The rest of us have a store of liquid fuel light and heat sources, Kelly Kettles and winter clothing. Solar energy is used to charge electronics. It is comforting that the rich will die in battery fires and the choice morsels of the guilded age. Those of us that laughed and shook our heads in digust when the frat boys came up with the Gaza pier, know to eat farmer fare – mushrooms and root vegetables. Leaving mushrooms in the sun for as little as 2 hours ups the vitamin D content considerably.