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Gas power plants are currently a cornerstone of the Danish green electricity plan. The idea is to base everything primarily on wind and solar, and to build an e
by ulrikrasmussen 5y ago
Gas power plants are currently a cornerstone of the Danish green electricity plan. The idea is to base everything primarily on wind and solar, and to build an extensive direct current distribution network to exchange power with neighboring countries. Even with all that, there will still be periods where the sun does not shine and the wind doesn't blow. Gas power plants are then supposed to take over in those periods, which are hypothesized to be relatively short. It has been projected that all gas will be biogas by 2035, i.e. derived from food waste etc, and thus in theory carbon neutral.
- AstralStorm 5y agoCool story, but it is a lie. Biogas manufactured from biowaste, even if done perfectly, is insufficient by a factor of 4. You need some way of manufacturing stored energy in accessible form. These plants should be already in development and being built to hit that target...
- q1w2 5y agoThis is exactly why nuclear needs to be the solution. Solar and wind will always need gas to provide reliable power.