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Not just hundreds of Gigawatts, but also tens of thousands of Gigawatt-hours. Unless you're willing to accept regular black-outs, you need to build enough capac
by Ajedi32 4y ago
Not just hundreds of Gigawatts, but also tens of thousands of Gigawatt-hours. Unless you're willing to accept regular black-outs, you need to build enough capacity to account for the occasional long, sustained period of cloudy days with low wind. The cost of that extra necessary-but-rarely-used capacity needs to be factored in to any comparison of wind/solar vs other energy sources.
- aidenn0 4y agoIt might make more sense to have either fossil-fuels as backups for such times, or for HVDC lines to connect geographically disparate regions (it's always sunny or windy somewhere).
- carry_bit 4y agoAs we're seeing from Russia and Europe, depending on someone else means you can find yourself being threatened or actually being cut off.
- ncmncm 4y agoThere will be plenty of tropical suppliers of synthetic anhydrous ammonia competing, if transmission capacity or availability falls short. People might even keep a stock on hand.
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