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1. This doesn't address my point at all. 2. Of course you do. Power needs to be 99.95% reliable. We cannot have entire winters without power just because the
by koheripbal 7y ago
1. This doesn't address my point at all.
2. Of course you do. Power needs to be 99.95% reliable. We cannot have entire winters without power just because the sun wasn't out enough in one particular June. ..."thermal storage" is incredibly inefficient and entirely theoretical.
- kragen 7y agoNo, seasonal thermal energy stores are a well-known technology with many large-scale deployments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_thermal_store https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_thermal_store But they are only applicable in some cases. Utility-scale seasonal electrical energy storage is orders of magnitude from practicality. You don't need it, though. Most populated places can easily install enough solar panels to provide their winter energy demands, providing a great surplus of energy during the summer.
- tonyedgecombe 7y agoPerhaps continuous power is a luxury we can’t afford.
- Gibbon1 7y agoMy thought is we could use combined cycle nature gas power plants to back stop renewable's. So lack of storage isn't the show stopper people seem to think it is.
- tonyedgecombe 7y agoPerhaps with CCS but that is yet to be proven.
- pfdietz 7y agoThis technology is highly promising: https://gasturbineworld.com/first-fire-for-la-porte-carbon-capture-demo/ https://gasturbineworld.com/first-fire-for-la-porte-carbon-c...