Bigger Than Oil: Commodity Fuels New Global Economy
Renewable energy has always had one major weakness. Unlike gas, coal or nuclear-fueled plants, which can run 24 hours a day, solar energy doesn’t work at night. Wind energy doesn’t work when the wind stops blowing. The solution, of course, is utility-grade storage: massive battery systems that store electricity from hours of peak production. If you have solar panels on your roof or know anyone who does, you might have seen a retail version of this in Tesla’s Powerwall line of storage systems.
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