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There was a study recently that used historic weather, solar irradiance data and energy use data and worked out that a certain mix of (over-provisioned) solar,
by _Microft 5y ago
There was a study recently that used historic weather, solar irradiance data and energy use data and worked out that a certain mix of (over-provisioned) solar, wind and 3 hours of storage would have sufficed to provide energy during almost all hours of the studied decades.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26355-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26355-z
- jdmichal 5y agoI'm not sure where you're getting that "almost all hours" from? Here's the relevant figure, which seems to indicate hundreds to thousands of hours under your given scenario: Please note the logarithmic scale on the hours! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26355-z/figures/4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26355-z/figures/4 (Note the green lines are 1.5x generation, with three lines at different saturations for 0 hours, 3 hours, or 12 hours of storage.)
- _Microft 5y agoThanks, I'll have another look!