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Yeah, I need a citation for that as well: As far as I'm aware, significant leaks only happen at production sites, but not the plants. Also note that natural ga
by cygx 7y ago
Yeah, I need a citation for that as well: As far as I'm aware, significant leaks only happen at production sites, but not the plants.
Also note that natural gas infrastructure can substiture for 'geographical advantages': Germany can store several hundreds TWh that way, which is more than sufficient. Recent claims of power-to-gas-to-power roundtrip efficiency are at 80%, though I've no idea about associated costs.
- pjc50 7y agoThere's power-to-gas going on at scale? Where?
- cygx 7y agoThere isn't, sorry if I worded that confusingly: If the claimed theoretical efficiences of 80% can be achieved in a way that's economically viable, then the pre-existing German infrastructure solves the storage problem and you could go 100% renewable. If not, it would be more effective to keep some nuclear capabilities around.
- 666lumberjack 7y agohttps://energypost.eu/wind-solars-achilles-heel-methane-meltdown-porter-ranch-means-energy-transition/ https://energypost.eu/wind-solars-achilles-heel-methane-melt... Sources in the article. There's a paper on observed leak rates at different plants too but I'm on my phone and can't find it.