Hardware support for a codec is a business decision decision, it doesn’t require a tech/physics breakthrough as renewables storage at city and country scale does, it’s not remotely comparable.
That's also a business decision, just with a bigger number attached. And hitherto it's been far cheaper to use gas. But that's now a "conflict mineral".
https://e360.yale.edu/features/in-boost-for-renewables-grid-...