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On demand power generation is going to be key in any attempt to transition to a (more) renewable energy mix. What Storage options exists today that can produce
by Seanambers 5y ago
On demand power generation is going to be key in any attempt to transition to a (more) renewable energy mix. What Storage options exists today that can produce substantial amounts of power other than pumped hydro?
The utter disregard for what works is insane.
In Norway which basically is the land of hydro prices has spiked 3-5X because Germany and UK decided to fuck up their power generation and decommission a bunch of nuclear and fossil plants making them reliant on wind and russian gas.
- fifilura 5y ago> other than pumped hydro What your reason to exclude pumped hydro in this logical reasoning? And also regular hydro power as a storage already complements wind power since you can choose to not use it when there is wind. You don't need to pump the water.
- 7952 5y agoThe UK is not reliant on Russian gas. Most imports come from Norway. And we have an active program to build new nuclear power stations to replace those at end of life. Also, the UK currently has 20GW of battery storage in the pipeline. It starts quickly and is even being designed for frequency response providing full load within 1 second. That is very useful in dealing with nuclear or grid failures.