The CATL TENER grid battery system contains 6.25 MWh capacity in a single storage container that is 20’ long.
A 6.25 MWh battery can output 6.25 MW continuously for 1 hour, or 1 MW continuously for 6.25 hours.
We would need 148,800 TENER batteries to output 930 GW continuously for 1 hour. We would need 3,571,200 TENER batteries (22,320 GWh of storage) to output 930 GW continuously for 24 hours. However, the average continuous power demand in the US in 2025 was 466.21 GW. Now, that is an average, so the continuous power demand is sometimes higher than that but also sometimes lower than that. According to the EIA, the peak continuous power demand in the US in 2025 was 759.18 GW. We also have to understand that there would never be a time when all the electricity demand is coming only from battery storage. Between hydro, wind, solar, geothermal and all other renewable power sources, we would always be generating some electricity somewhere. Still, we would want a significant buffer, though we probably wouldn’t need 22,320 GWh of capacity. But, yes, we would likely need at least a million of CATL’s TENER batteries to meet current power demand. That’s a lot of batteries, for sure. Although, not an unfeasible number, imo.
That said, I think renewables with battery storage plus nuclear is the best course of action.
While I very much appreciate your write-up, and your math which is definitely better than my drunken attempt. Your battery does not appear to be commercially available and apparently is only used in use and state-backed projects in China. If you see my link at the top, I’ve referenced a commercially available 1 megawatt hour battery that you can buy today
The CATL TENER grid battery system contains 6.25 MWh capacity in a single storage container that is 20’ long.
A 6.25 MWh battery can output 6.25 MW continuously for 1 hour, or 1 MW continuously for 6.25 hours.
We would need 148,800 TENER batteries to output 930 GW continuously for 1 hour. We would need 3,571,200 TENER batteries (22,320 GWh of storage) to output 930 GW continuously for 24 hours. However, the average continuous power demand in the US in 2025 was 466.21 GW. Now, that is an average, so the continuous power demand is sometimes higher than that but also sometimes lower than that. According to the EIA, the peak continuous power demand in the US in 2025 was 759.18 GW. We also have to understand that there would never be a time when all the electricity demand is coming only from battery storage. Between hydro, wind, solar, geothermal and all other renewable power sources, we would always be generating some electricity somewhere. Still, we would want a significant buffer, though we probably wouldn’t need 22,320 GWh of capacity. But, yes, we would likely need at least a million of CATL’s TENER batteries to meet current power demand. That’s a lot of batteries, for sure. Although, not an unfeasible number, imo.
That said, I think renewables with battery storage plus nuclear is the best course of action.
^sorry if any of my math is wrong^
While I very much appreciate your write-up, and your math which is definitely better than my drunken attempt. Your battery does not appear to be commercially available and apparently is only used in use and state-backed projects in China. If you see my link at the top, I’ve referenced a commercially available 1 megawatt hour battery that you can buy today
You FIGJAMs know this is a shitpost thread?
Right?