https://apnews.com/article/business-california-monterey-util…
182.5 mw per hour during high demand periods. 1 of 9 projects.
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a maximum rate of 182.5 megawatts per hour
I know what a watt is, even a megawatt … but what’s a megawatt per hour? Is the the rate at which the plant can power up? I’d believe that if it was nuclear and needed time to get going and slow down … but I thought the whole point of batteries was that the energy was immediately available on demand???
a maximum rate of 182.5 megawatts per hour
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I know what a watt is, even a megawatt … but what’s a megawatt per hour? Is the the rate at which the plant can power up? I’d believe that if it was nuclear and needed time to get going and slow down … but I thought the whole point of batteries was that the energy was immediately available on demand?
Think of a megawatt per hour as the flow rate. The 182MW/hr is how much can be supplied through the “pipes”. Since the facility has a storage capacity of 730MWhr, it can help supply the grid (on demand) for four hours at the max flow rate.
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