World's largest battery in Switzerland: replacing fossil electricity with weather-related problems

The world's largest battery is to be installed in Laufenburg, Switzerland, close to the border triangle of Switzerland-Germany-France. It will be able to provide an output of 500 megawatts for more than two hours if there are weather-related bottlenecks in the electricity grid, thus weakening the sun and wind. Conversely, it will store electricity if the renewables produce too much. Thus, the battery will be able to supply more than 1000 megawat…