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If you have gigawatt-sized gaps to fill in non-fossil generation, then it doesn't matter that something doesn't scale down, it's a problem if something doesn't
by PeterisP 5y ago
If you have gigawatt-sized gaps to fill in non-fossil generation, then it doesn't matter that something doesn't scale down, it's a problem if something doesn't scale up. It doesn't matter how much a single wind turbine costs, it matters how much a gigawatt of wind turbines costs and where you will place all of them.
- cbmuser 5y agoExactly. Cheap wind and solar electricity is useless if it isn’t produced on-demand. It still blows my mind that so many have such a hard time grasping such a simple and fundamental concept.
- chess_buster 5y agoBecause it's just wrong. In any grid you always have at least some form of demand side management. Dispatchable consumers.
- ephbit 5y agoAdd enough storage to the system and the on-demand problem is solved.