Major Fire at California Power Plant (world largest Lithium grid back up) Firefighters say best choice "Let it burn"

4WD said:
Referred to the waste of the precious materials as I have for a decade here …
Fixed battery installations compete for what a vehicle actually NEEDS …
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Gotcha. I’m not a lithium ion fan with the number of shorts they have from new (about one cell in every million) and the number of cells required for any type of medium to large insulation. Doesn’t make for a reliable match.

As a system operator/dispatcher, I’d prefer to see all IBR’s (inverter based resources) removed from the grid. That’s not happening anytime soon unfortunately so our reliability & wallets will suffer for it.
 
MVAR said:
Gotcha. I’m not a lithium ion fan with the number of shorts they have from new (about one cell in every million) and the number of cells required for any type of medium to large insulation. Doesn’t make for a reliable match.

As a system operator/dispatcher, I’d prefer to see all IBR’s (inverter based resources) removed from the grid. That’s not happening anytime soon unfortunately so our reliability & wallets will suffer for it.
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Copy that. And with one country locking in all the minerals worldwide - we need to be thoughtful about their use …
 
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