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However the amount of storage (battery or otherwise) for a network of renewable electricity producers depends on the full diversity of the complete network. Wh
by sunstone 8y ago
However the amount of storage (battery or otherwise) for a network of renewable electricity producers depends on the full diversity of the complete network.
Which is to say, for example, that a grid supplied by solar and wind will need proportionally less storage per megawatt as the geographical size of the grid increases. A larger grid "averages out" the intermittent sources better as it gets bigger.
- hueving 8y agoNot for solar. There are no grids nearly large enough to have half in the day time and half in the night time on average.
- sunstone 8y agoThe type of renewable generator, ie solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal and tidal, or a combination thereof is another dimension of grid diversity.