Snowy 2.0 has major limitations on what it can supply, the headline number is very misleading.

And the comparison shouldn't be to batteries alone, but solar/wind and batteries. The former can be used directly and fill the batteries repeatedly on a timeline that is predictable.

It provides no extra value for the electricity to be stored long term if for the same money you can generate and store it short term.

Article on the various restrictions on Snowy 2.0:

https://theconversation.com/snowy-2-0-cost-blowouts-might-be...

Yeah the battery storage story has to acknowledge the fact that global production capacity simply isn't actually high enough to deliver that many batteries so we need alternative solutions to the problem as well.