Long-duration energy storage for reliable renewable electricity: the realistic possibilities, by Jacqueline A. Dowling – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Because a very cold polar vortex swept through much of Texas in February of 2021, everything from dispatchable natural gas facilities to intermittent wind turbines froze.[1] The power outage produced food, water, and heat shortages that either directly or indirectly led to hundreds of deaths.

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