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by honestlyreally 3202 days ago
An advancement in supercapaitors or other storage types seems inevitable to win the race.

Current battery tech is variations on a century old concept and lacking real scalability without devastating environmental effects.

Generation is largely solved, storage and balancing electrical grids is the only problem left.

Rail energy storage making claims of half the price of pumped hydro: http://www.aresnorthamerica.com