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CloneEngineer t1_isvvm78 wrote

Reply to comment by IsThereAnythingLeft- in The world’s largest single-phase battery is now online by redingerforcongress

I think phase here means built in one investment decision. So they committed to 350MW in one go as opposed to 100MW, then 200MW then 200 MW.

Would definitely be 3 phase power, since basically all AC power distribution is 3 phase.

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IsThereAnythingLeft- t1_isx3lu0 wrote

Yep that’s what I was thinking, clearly an author who doesn’t even understand the basics of the subject

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Koakie t1_isx6s1f wrote

I also would have guessed that.

Then the article throws this monkey wrench into it

>Upon activation, Crimson Storage became the largest active single-phase storage project in the world, and second-largest energy storage project currently in operation of any configuration

It doesnt make any sense. Probably it means the battery is one DC battery unit which converts to 3 phase AC, instead of 3 battery units, one for each phase. Idk.

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