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It is a long bet on renewables+storage. From easiest to hardest (and most efficient to least efficient): - Renewables+batteries are already cheap enough for a
by unchocked 5y ago
It is a long bet on renewables+storage. From easiest to hardest (and most efficient to least efficient):
- Renewables+batteries are already cheap enough for a few hours storage
- Flow batteries can go overnight to weeks
- Synthetic fuels (i.e. hydrogen, or synthetic hydrocarbons made with green hydrogen & CO2 captured from the air) can be stored indefinitely and transported globally
- smorgusofborg 5y agoThose are all possible, but according to the DoE 95% of large scale storage in the US is pumped storage hydro: https://www.energy.gov/eere/water/pumped-storage-hydropower https://www.energy.gov/eere/water/pumped-storage-hydropower It is also popular in Europe.