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The projected battery production in 2080 will only cover about 0,01% of Europe’s electricity demand. Batteries are not scalable and hydroelectric dams have their own geographic requirements which can’t be met in flat countries like The Netherlands or Denmark.

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That’s a strange projection.

Given that you only need to store energy for about a day[0] and that the batteries last at least three years when you use them like this, world battery production is already 1% of the storage requirements for worldwide 100% renewable.

One forecast I’ve seen estimates that battery production will go up by a factor of four by by 2028.

[0] longer periods with no wind and no sun are dealt with more cost-efficiently with long distance power lines than with storage.

The PNW has been breaching or modifying dams for decades so that we all can have Pacific salmon.

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