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They could put their plants next to wind farms that have over-capacity of what the local grid infrastructure can handle - ie on a windy day they make more elect
by abainbridge 8y ago
They could put their plants next to wind farms that have over-capacity of what the local grid infrastructure can handle - ie on a windy day they make more electric than the grid can take. The air capture would only run on windy days. That might be a reasonable way to make jet fuel.
- Brakenshire 8y agoYes, renewable energy is becoming very cheap per unit but intermittent, likely one of the ways we will tackle that is overbuilding supply, I think it’s likely we will have a class of industries popping up that can use cheap electricity available intermittently.
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