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Said "fraction", for moderately modest needs and assuming just 24h window where it provides "baseload" can be as "low" as 1/3rd of total renewable capacity - as
by p_l 5y ago
Said "fraction", for moderately modest needs and assuming just 24h window where it provides "baseload" can be as "low" as 1/3rd of total renewable capacity - assuming that renewables do 100% of peak whiel saving the excess..
Or so analysis from people I know in the industry, interested in decarbonising (not fossil lobby related), show.
- pfdietz 5y agoSounds about right. See https://model.energy/ https://model.energy/ for a toy model that gives about that number, when you solve the optimization problem for Germany. The optimal solutions still have some renewable curtailment, though.
- p_l 5y agoTrying to get usable values for Warsaw area, it gives me the result that we need 8x overbuilding (curiously it suggests solar power mostly), and I'm not sure if we could decarbonize heating on that.
- pfdietz 5y agoPoland is one of the worst places on Earth for renewables. If nuclear still has a shot, it's around there.