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*fossil fuels, nuclear, hydro, geothermal - though the latter two need particular geography. What else is there?
by macspoofing 5y ago
*fossil fuels, nuclear, hydro, geothermal - though the latter two need particular geography.
What else is there?
- jacquesm 5y agoOverprovisioning and HVDC. Those two together can make a real dent into required installed baseline power.
- macspoofing 5y agoAnd yet they don't. This is the frustrating part of the discussion, because proponents will just name-drop every hypothetical technology. The actual reality is that nobody is actually doing it (using batteries as baseload), even though there is a political desperation to want to implement it. There is a reason why every natural gas company either supports and pushes wind/solar projects. Every large scale wind/solar deployment leads to a corresponding increase in natural gas investment. That should be a clue that there are some major (and insurmountable) issues with deploying batteries at grid-scale. It's sad this is a game that is being played on the public, where the public is made to believe wind/solar investment leads to less reliance on fossil fuels.