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If you are mainly looking at an energy source for the downtimes, then there is currently enough hydro being generated to do that.

• peterashford 8y ago
  There are countries which are 100% renewable right now using hydro to do so, so yes.
  • godelski 8y ago
    Which countries? The closest I know of is Norway. But they do burn some gas and also import from Sweden (and others). Even if they didn't have gas I don't think it is fair to say that a country runs on 100% renewables if they import energy from a country that isn't 100% renewable.
  • kortilla 8y ago
    These countries do not exist. There is no county getting by without burning fossil fuels or using nuclear for baseload somewhere. The 100% you might be thinking of are countries that import fossil/nuclear baseload during lulls and export spare renewables during high generation times for a “net 100% renewable”. This is a start, but it’s marketing bullshit because it’s not actually sustainable for all countries to do that. Someone needs to provide baseload.
• kortilla 8y ago
  No, there is absolutely not enough hydro for baseload. Where did you get that idea?