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For sure! And I think that a massive increase of storage will make transmission much easier, by allowing us to time-shift transmission—at the expense of effici
by neolefty 8y ago
For sure!
And I think that a massive increase of storage will make transmission much easier, by allowing us to time-shift transmission—at the expense of efficiency.
1. generate solar power during the day in Nevada and store it nearby
2. trickle it cross-country at night—when the grid is under-utilized—to distributed storage facilities, where demand will be higher the next day
3. use it the next day, or store and forward again
That way, long-distance transmission won't need the same massive upgrades—high-temp superconductors! megatons of copper! 7-figure transformers!—as if we had to use the solar power right away.