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Isn't Hawaii also transitioning a significant fraction of its generation to solar? Diesel can be ramped up and down easily to account for varying production fr
by jandrese 4y ago
Isn't Hawaii also transitioning a significant fraction of its generation to solar? Diesel can be ramped up and down easily to account for varying production from solar.
- loeg 4y agoYes, but I'm not sure what the current percentage is or how fast that change is happening.
- jandrese 4y agoSolar and Wind have really been exploding in the past few years. I fully expect this hand wringing over nuclear will end up being overtaken by events in the next 30 years or so. The real limitation at the moment is battery technology, there is a lot riding on finding cheap and efficient energy storage.
- ncmncm 4y agoThere is no need to "find" cheap energy storage. Many different methods are already known to store energy. But building storage before you have enough renewables to charge it from would be stupid. So, the money goes to generating capacity, in the meantime. When storage is needed, it will be much cheaper than today, as cost is falling even faster than generating capacity.
- db65edfc7996 4y agoThe Hawaii government page [0] list a goal of getting to 100% renewables by 2045. If I am reading the report correctly, the 2020 number was already at 36% renewables. [0]: https://energy.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/HSEO_2021_Annual_Report_1.4-3.pdf https://energy.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/HSEO_20... ( pdf warning )