Existing (and actually suboptimal batteries because their specs are optimised for a different use-case; see below…) batteries and solar/wind are already so cheap that a reliable production setup of renewable producer plus battery is cheaper than the alternative power plant. Real concepts not just picking whatever battery can be bought cheaply but build on purpose as large-scale energy storage (e.g. weight/size thus energy density does not matter that much for a stationary installation; charging times don’t need to be much faster than discharging; thermal stability and high life times however are much more important - in short the stuff optimised for decades for handhelds and cars is far from ideal) are even better.
Our problem is not a technical one and not a financial one. The technical aspects got solved a decade ago and mass production with constantly decreasing costs solved the economic issue.
The actual problems are propaganda, propaganda and propaganda. Because fossil fuel producers hoarded money for decades and are now in a position where spending money to flood everything with desinformation and basically buy politicians to keep their profits flowing for another decade (or two) is much better for their bottom line than letting their already uneconomical business model die like it should.
Existing (and actually suboptimal batteries because their specs are optimised for a different use-case; see below…) batteries and solar/wind are already so cheap that a reliable production setup of renewable producer plus battery is cheaper than the alternative power plant. Real concepts not just picking whatever battery can be bought cheaply but build on purpose as large-scale energy storage (e.g. weight/size thus energy density does not matter that much for a stationary installation; charging times don’t need to be much faster than discharging; thermal stability and high life times however are much more important - in short the stuff optimised for decades for handhelds and cars is far from ideal) are even better.
Our problem is not a technical one and not a financial one. The technical aspects got solved a decade ago and mass production with constantly decreasing costs solved the economic issue.
The actual problems are propaganda, propaganda and propaganda. Because fossil fuel producers hoarded money for decades and are now in a position where spending money to flood everything with desinformation and basically buy politicians to keep their profits flowing for another decade (or two) is much better for their bottom line than letting their already uneconomical business model die like it should.