Größte Batterie der Welt wird 85 Megawatt Leistung für das Stromnetz von New England liefern

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World’s Biggest Battery Will Provide 85 Megawatts to New England Grid
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Here are the key points from the page:

**World’s Largest Battery**: Form Energy is building the world’s largest battery in Maine, capable of providing 85 megawatts of power for up to 100 hours.

**Iron-Air Chemistry**: The battery uses a novel iron-air chemistry designed for long-term energy storage, which is more cost-effective and safer than lithium-ion batteries.

**Funding and Goals**: The project is part of a $389 million package from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to upgrade the power grid in the Northeast US, aiming to support renewable energy integration.

**Decarbonization Efforts**: This technology could be crucial for decarbonizing the grid and providing emergency power during extreme weather or outages.

Reference: singularityhub.com

You
Sent by you: how many houses are powered for 100 hours with 85 megawatts?

Copilot
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Sent by Copilot: To determine how many houses can be powered for 100 hours with 85 megawatts, we need to know the average power consumption of a house. In the United States, the average household uses about 900 kWh (kilowatt-hours) per month, which is approximately 1.25 kW (kilowatts) per hour.

Here’s the calculation:

Total energy available: ( 85 text{ MW} times 100 text{ hours} = 8500 text{ MWh} )

Convert MWh to kWh: ( 8500 text{ MWh} = 8,500,000 text{ kWh} )

Average household consumption: ( 1.25 text{ kW} times 100 text{ hours} = 125 text{ kWh} )

Number of houses powered: ( frac{8,500,000 text{ kWh}}{125 text{ kWh}} = 68,000 text{ houses} )

So, 85 megawatts can power approximately 68,000 houses for 100 hours.

You
Sent by you: holy mackerel! :O

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Sent by Copilot: I know, right? It’s pretty amazing to think about the scale of energy storage we’re talking about here. This kind of technology could really transform how we manage and use renewable energy. 🌍⚡

Is there anything else you’d like to know about this project or any other topic?

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Me: Two thoughts. Did it get the math right? And. Right now, here today, *this* is as primitive as the LLMs are ever going to be…

Apparently the future is here, and it looks like AI-generated garbage.