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> Instead of relying heavily on renewables, too much emphasis was placed on coal and gas when nuclear power was phased out What power source do you recommend t
by nullc 5y ago
> Instead of relying heavily on renewables, too much emphasis was placed on coal and gas when nuclear power was phased out
What power source do you recommend they use to level off supply when solar/wind aren't producing?
- nmehner 5y agoGermany has about 40GWh of pumped water storage. This is used for extending solar into the evening/morning (on a typical day about 1300GWh of electricity are consumed in total). About 5% of electricity need can be provided by Norway through pumped storage (Norway has a storage capacity of about 100TWh, but the grid is limited). Much more storage will be needed in the future, but many storage projects have been delayed since the demand for them is not there yet. Rarely 50% of the available coal production capacity is used. There will be spare capacity available for the near future even if a lot more coal plants are shut down.