Neatly sidestepped Dart's wind comments there, Rootan [sic].
Not at all:
You could buy a lot of pumped hydro storage or even better ammonia storage for that money.
The clue is in the word 'storage'.
And
how much that 1gw battery is going to cost
?? Cheaper every day. An old mate bought a VHS recorder for $1200 because he was an early adopter, and didn't regret it, because he had a VHS recorder and we didn't. Same with 1 GW batteries. My guess is that they will follow the same price path as hard discs. That's what seems to be happening already. once again I ask, why didn't we stick with Vickers Viscounts?