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This Southern California solar farm is using retired EV batteries for storing the power and then send to the grid when needed. This way the retired batteries can extend their usefulness for several... (grist.org)
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This Southern California solar farm is using retired EV batteries for storing the power and then send to the grid when needed. This way the retired batteries can extend their usefulness for several...::A Southern California company is showing how repurposing EV batteries for stationary storage can extend their usefulness for several years.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Imagine that box there gets hit by lightning.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, okay, but how much of anything can get hit by lightning and not be a smoldering crater without proper grounding and such?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

One of my grandmothers great uncles.