Last update on this: it does make sense after you click on the link. Presumably (mostly) not a scam.

There’s so much (ignored) solar power in the warmer months that they’re finally tapping into it, commercially speaking

In essence, this ad claims to refund half your energy use from now until September (in France, that’s when the cold season starts)

(This is the most I’m expecting grid batteries to be worth, to be honest)

#solar #GridBattery

Apparently, such a system would cost well over the current cost of the property, weigh several dozen tons, take up even more space than I thought, AND make as much noise as legally allowed (that’s <65 dB per module, of which there would be a few dozens)

I’m annoyed that this isn’t usually part of the discussion and I’m even more convinced that grid scale batteries are not viable as a commercial service

… which kind of validates my thinking that “virtual battery” services aren’t batteries in any technical capacity

What gives? Where am I wrong?

#GridBattery #EnergyTransition #ElectricityMarket #VirtualBattery