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A huge battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant
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Wasn't very clear but the battery will be charged using existing renewable sources.
The headline is poorly worded since coal is energy production and batteries are energy storage.
Coal is also energy storage, well, all fossil fuels. That's their primary advantage, on-demand easily accessible stores of energy.
If only they didn't simultaneously pollute and cook the earth when used...
They are stored solar energy! Releasing the energy also unfortunately releases the carbon into the atmosphere.