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It kinda is the whole solution though. If you’re generating power cheaply intermittently, companies will buy cheap night power, store it, and sell it at peak fo
by thehappypm 4y ago
It kinda is the whole solution though. If you’re generating power cheaply intermittently, companies will buy cheap night power, store it, and sell it at peak for a profit. It doesn’t need some magical government body, it’s literally easy business to buy low/sell high and there’s a ton of storage tech out there, ranging from cheap batteries, exotic batteries, pumped hydro, flywheels..
- toomuchtodo 4y agoAnd storage sometimes isn’t even needed. Just overprovision renewables and throw away excess generation you can’t store physically or economically (curtailment). The sun throws off enough energy every two minutes to power humanity for a year, we’re not running out of fusion at a distance.
- frosted-flakes 4y agoOr use that excess power for energy-intensive processes that aren't economical to do at normal rates, such as producing hydrogen or jet fuel. (Or perhaps desalination, with massive fresh water storage tanks?)