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For domestic power requirements just change building regulations to require a Powerwall style battery and solar panels in every new house. That plus integratin
by kwhitefoot 8y ago
For domestic power requirements just change building regulations to require a Powerwall style battery and solar panels in every new house. That plus integrating all the electric cars that sit idle all day and the problem gets noticeably smaller. Add in all the old EV batteries and it gets better still <https://easyelectriclife.groupe.renault.com/en/outlook/energy/developing-europes-largest-energy-stationary-storage-system/> https://easyelectriclife.groupe.renault.com/en/outlook/energ....
Are there really any occasions when there is no sun, no wind, no hydro over the whole of Europe? Better east-west interconnects and use of Norwegian hydro as pumped storage should help too.
Not perfect but very scalable and can be implemented a little at a time as the baseload fossil fuel stations slowly go out.
- callalex 8y agoThis is incredibly out of touch. Ignoring the lack of available materials to put a huge battery in every home, the cost is currently about a quarter of the median yearly income across the EU. Adding that much cost to every home is a non-starter.
- kwhitefoot 8y agoI didn't say every home. I said every NEW home.
- tatersolid 8y agoWhich will result in far less new construction. The construction industry employs millions directly and indirectly. Those poeple vote. Politicians may be dumb about a lot of things, but few are dumb enough to intentionally threaten the livelihood of millions of voters.