A huge battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant

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A huge battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant
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the batteries react far more quickly, with a 250-millisecond response time.

Probably also a world record for the most powerful power switch.

Just imagine you press that button, and 185 Megawatts start to flow :-)

They didn't say react all at once. I bet you it's a much slower ramp up.