[TheOtherHobbes]

The UK is aiming for around 27GW of battery storage by 2030.

But it's not a simple picture. The grid needs to be expanded to distribute power from renewables more efficiently, batteries aren't the only storage option, and the concept is still too centralised.

A combination of distributed rooftop solar with domestic batteries, maybe local storage in substations, strategic national storage, and a mix of sources would be a more effective strategy than trying to park huge batteries around the country in the hope they'll be big enough.

The UK still has a post-war mindset around energy which doesn't make sense in the 21st century.

[chickenbig]

> The UK is aiming for around 27GW of battery storage by 2030.

How many GWh? Citation please.

[lostlogin]

I’m not OP but: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-the-uk-plans-to-rea...

It’s either 27 or 27GW they are installing sorry.

[hdgvhicv]

27GW for an hour or for a week?

There’s a massive difference.

[lostlogin]

The link doesn’t mention - that was my point.

Surely it’s per hour though?

[hdgvhicv]

27GW means 27 billion joules per second.

27GW per hour is a rate of acceleration of energy use.