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I have two qualms about this claim: The first is purely economical. Does this not simply indicate that there is insufficient supply of electricity storage (ie b
by rpearl 9y ago
I have two qualms about this claim: The first is purely economical. Does this not simply indicate that there is insufficient supply of electricity storage (ie batteries)?
The second is... wow, if excess supply of energy is a reason there are detractors to wind and solar, then maybe treating electricity as a market is totally misaligned with perpetuating sustainable human activity. Maybe we shouldn't do that.
- nine_k 9y agoThe oversupply of electricity is not the cause of "detracing" solar and wind. It's its undersupply on a winless overcast evening. What we need is cheap (per GJ stored) longer-term electricity storage.
- imron 9y agoTesla Gigafactory to the rescue!
- paulddraper 9y agoIt's not the too much power; it's the erratic distribution of it. What do you do when it is too low? Too high? The obvious answer is energy storage, which is on of the problems to be solved.
- rayiner 9y agoIt's not the market that creates that problem for wind and solar--it's physics. Excess electricity supply has to closely match demand or bad things happen to the grid, market or no market.
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoI don't think it goes far enough, I don't have any incentive as an individual to change my consumption patterns. If my price was continuously variable I would almost certainly change my behaviour to lower my energy costs.