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United States is somewhat bigger than France, which is why it somewhat works. Somewhat because the base load achievable by such balancing is rather small. And b
by AstralStorm 7y ago
United States is somewhat bigger than France, which is why it somewhat works. Somewhat because the base load achievable by such balancing is rather small. And by adding more plants you make the crest factor in this estimate higher...
- bildung 7y agoEurope is actually better in this regard because of grid connections between the countries. So lack of wind could be compensated by imports from Spain or Germany, for example. Germany and Norway also currently work on a project for a direct connection between their respective grids, called NordLink. Base load in a renewable-only world is an essentially solved problem, see for example the following link: https://skepticalscience.com/detailed-look-at-renewable-baseload-energy.html https://skepticalscience.com/detailed-look-at-renewable-base...