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Renewables still need other sources of electricity when there's no wind (or too much wind) or sunlight, since we can't actually store any excess energy generate
by Hamuko 6y ago
Renewables still need other sources of electricity when there's no wind (or too much wind) or sunlight, since we can't actually store any excess energy generated.
- legulere 6y agoVariable electricity usage is also a problem for nuclear energy, as it fits mostly base load tasks. You are right though, that intermittent renewables are a new sort of problem. But there are also solutions like a super grid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_renewable_energy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_renewable_energy