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In the end a mix of all of the below: - overprovisioning because it's still cheap enough - peak shaving with battery storage - dynamic demand applications, p
by endymi0n 5y ago
In the end a mix of all of the below:
- overprovisioning because it's still cheap enough
- peak shaving with battery storage
- dynamic demand applications, powered by hours of "free" energy, taking them outside the peak demand: car charging, heat and cold buffers (aluminum smeltering, ice buffers for A/C), and lots more that will prop up
- bryanlarsen 5y agoAlso - mix of sources. Solar+wind is more reliable than either solar or wind. - geothermal - interconnected grids. The wind is always blowing somewhere.
- idiotsecant 5y agoYour third item implies massive multi-trillion dollar upgrades to the transmission system(s) which are historically sexy and politically unpopular. They need to happen but they won't.