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MidAmerican Energy, BYD Partner on Battery Storage Initiative

Very good article and discussions.

"That is why I am amazed, like yourself, of why BYD is pursuing the power infrastructure market at this time. This new battery is perfect for vehicles, but is probably not the cost effective battery for the alternative energy infrastructure at this time because it is going to be many years for the cost to decrease sufficiently. "

Perhaps the answer lies in the new battery/power service architecture that will be developed to service the electric articles. Imagine a standardized autobattery pack that also serve as a build block of the power storage system that is part of the future power grid, situated in a future power service station that was transformed either from a current gas station in the auto service netowrk and/or a substation of the current power network. The future service station owner may have their own solar/wind generator station to boot.

The customer drive in and replace a fully chared battery pack and drive away. The empty battery goes to the battery bank in the service station to be recharged, either by power from the grid or the local generators. Becoming part of the power storage system.

An combined auto-service/utility station can changed the battery cost economics for both the auto-battery service and the utility storage service, which by nature is a backup service and should not require dedicated battery resources.

What a brilliant idea. Maybe I should apply for a petent.