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bryanlarsen | on: Solar power is becoming bigger than nuclear
> So why not store it?

Because 0.10 $/kWh(th) / 0.4 kWh(e)/kWh(th) is expensive.

pfdietz | parent
That's the capex for storage capacity. It's amortized over the number of charge/discharge cycles. Divide by 20 or more. It's amazingly cheap, actually.