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Other sources being natural gas plants? Great plan.

• kube-system 4y ago
  Yes, it does make more sense to use natural gas between 6-10pm than it does it use it 24/7, like we do now. And/or use hydro, which can also be throttled. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/expanded-view/electric_overview/US48/US48/GenerationByEnergySource-4 https://www.eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/expanded-view/el...
• ncmncm 4y ago
  Until renewables are fully built out, storage is useless. So we burn natural gas at night for a while. When there is enough generating capacity to supply demand and charge storage at the same time, then we install the storage and charge it. Storage will be radically cheaper at that time than now. In the meantime, every spare dollar should go to building out renewables. At some point spending on mined gas declines naturally because it is the most expensive energy.