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>Darkness is temporary (in the sense of nights) only when close enough to equator. But cloudy weather isn't. Ultimately that's the problem with doing a straig
by treis 7y ago
>Darkness is temporary (in the sense of nights) only when close enough to equator.
But cloudy weather isn't. Ultimately that's the problem with doing a straight cost comparison between solar and wind. You have to build much more capacity to account for times when they aren't producing at 100%.
- skitout 7y agoWith a lot of energy efficiency, heat/cold storage, electricity storage and demand-response you can go a long way while limiting the extra "capacity to account for times when they aren't producing at 100%"... . But of course, having different (renewable) source of energy on the grid always make sense and often make it easier
- treis 7y agoSure, but you still have to account for the cost of that storage and demand response. And when you're talking about days worth of energy storage things get very expensive.