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>Today's battery technology is good enough for overnight storage when you have a mix of wind and solar and for longer production lows you can use Methane produc
by macspoofing 7y ago
>Today's battery technology is good enough for overnight storage when you have a mix of wind and solar and for longer production lows you can use Methane produced by power-to-gas facilities.
No. It isn't. That's why it isn't deployed anywhere. That's why there are no large-scale plans to deploy batteries for that purpose anywhere.
>and for longer production lows you can use Methane produced by power-to-gas facilities.
Those that suggest solar/wind usually will then invoke some exotic and unproven technology to make the said solar/wind deployment viable.
- adrianN 7y agoIt isn't deployed anywhere because it's expensive (just like building new nuclear plants!). That is very different from it not being able to do the job. Power to gas is proven technology. CO2 to Methane plants exist today. See for example this EU project: https://www.storeandgo.info/about-the-project/status-quo/ https://www.storeandgo.info/about-the-project/status-quo/