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Needing massive amounts of storage to make renewable work is an often repeated myth. Large reductions in carbon output are achievable with current storage with
by ourlordcaffeine 7y ago
Needing massive amounts of storage to make renewable work is an often repeated myth. Large reductions in carbon output are achievable with current storage with a mixture of wind, limited solar and the right price/balancing incentives.
- CountSessine 7y agoDo the math. Figure out how much water you need to lift and how high to supply a day of 3TW of power.
- imtringued 7y agoMy numbers tell me North America has 1 PWh of storage capacity just for gas alone. This isn't even counting all the EWhs that we haven't extracted yet or the unlimited amount we could produce by using excess energy and turning it into hydrogen or methane.
- akvadrako 7y agoAre you suggesting we store the energy in gas?