Fun fact storage does not mean chemical always. Tva runs a pumped hydro system to move water up and down a hill. There is a place in California doing molten salt. Chemical fast first responders will be critical going forward period , however bulk storage they may or may not win, and that’s ok

This is just simple. Solar installed costs x has a known life of y and a maintaining cost of z. These are things any accountant worth there salt will crunch and go sure let’s do they over these wild swings up and down of oil or gas speculation drilling.

Then there is direct cost to a grid they are again relatively fixed. The big issue with solar is not how many megawattts I can field it’s how I store it for the no sun periods.

The core issue is the vaccine they have is highly ineffective. They have yet to carbon clone the west’s vaccine yet. So they have no real defense against Covid ravaging there people. This is a pure political issue as the west would gladly license them the tech for a moderna style vaccine. They like Russia demanded it be home grown.