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The end game is probably going to be a mixture of storage and moving energy intensive processes (e.g. aluminium smelting, hydrogen production, car charging) to
by Symmetry 5y ago
The end game is probably going to be a mixture of storage and moving energy intensive processes (e.g. aluminium smelting, hydrogen production, car charging) to when electricity is most abundant.
- mercutio2 5y agoSmelting doesn’t work that way. Aluminum smelters do everything in their power to avoid a situation where they lose power for more than a few hours and their pots freeze. So you can dispatch for a few hours, but it adds enormous operational complexity if you can’t depend on 24x7 power.