batteries not included about energystrategies HOT 4 OPEN

The first page of the app illustrates dispatchable sources and variable renewables sources. It's quite difficult to visualize storage.

The second page does include storage, that's why there's a check box for turning storage on and off. You can see the paper for more details.

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I see the checkbox on the second page of the tool under 'explore future assumptions', but that does not affect the visualization on the first page.

Here's a scenario that relies on wind alone:

I'm imagining that to visualize storage, there would be a slider for GW of storage. Assuming you are starting at the scenario above, as you increase the storage from 0 GW to some higher value, you would shade the excess wind energy from the left to the right with a different pattern or color (let's say, just change the dots from the green color for the wind dots to a black color for the excess wind dots), and then from left to right you could fill in any gaps with the same quantity of a solid black color. This shows the excess wind power that is charging the batteries, and the same amount of that power which is turned around to supply the demand.

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Yes, you're correct that the "explore future assumptions" state does not affect the state of the first page ("understand electricity generation").

Thanks for the suggestion on how to visualize storage on the first page!

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