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I'm sorry but it's not that simple, as you can see clearly right now. Between Feb 9 and Feb 17th wind and solar energy delivery has been a very small fraction o
by acidburnNSA 6y ago
I'm sorry but it's not that simple, as you can see clearly right now. Between Feb 9 and Feb 17th wind and solar energy delivery has been a very small fraction of capacity, less than 10%. To do baseload over a period of 8 days with that kind of resource would require roughly a 20x capacity overbuild and some kind of ridiculous battery. It's just not practical. Most realistic scenarios these days have lots of wind and solar and some overnight batteries, and rely on large mostly-idled capacity of gas to get through the black-swan events like this. Though obviously this approach has challenges as well.
- mnklo 6y agoI think you're overcomplicating the situation. A mix of renewable sources is quite stable, and there are more ways to store energy than just batteries. Here's a paper debunking the baseload myth. http://www.ceem.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/MarkBaseloadFallacyANZSEE.pdf http://www.ceem.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/uploads/publ... A 10GW solar farm is already in the pipeline for northern Australia: https://amp.abc.net.au/article/12785256 https://amp.abc.net.au/article/12785256
- snowwindwaves 6y agoThe paper suggests solar thermal and wind plus gas peakers. So the overbuilt point from the parent stands.