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Or, maybe they are not stupid, and recognize the excess is because the gas plants cannot be shut down and restarted fast enough, and there is not actually enoug
by ncmncm 4y ago
Or, maybe they are not stupid, and recognize the excess is because the gas plants cannot be shut down and restarted fast enough, and there is not actually enough renewable capacity yet to charge anything much.
Until there is a lot more such generating capacity, it would be stupid to divert capital from building that out to building only minimally useful storage.
- Manuel_D 4y agoGas turbines can be rapidly activated and deactivated, they are not the cause of excess production. Again, what is this "ordinary dirt-cheap storage" technology? Sure, you say it's not going to be built until there's an even bigger energy surplus. But at least just specify what technology is going to provide this dirt cheap storage. Because I'd really want to know. All of the alternatives I know of like compressed air, hydrogen storage, ammonia storage, all have significant drawbacks impeding cost effective deployments.
- ehvatum 4y ago> there is not actually enough renewable capacity yet to charge anything much. What is this trash? Excess solar output is already an enormous problem. https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-electricity-solar/ https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-electricity-solar/
- ncmncm 4y agoYou may pretend, of course. But any solar farm producing enough power to be a "problem" may simply be shut off. And, an occasional excess, a few hours in a few days out of each month is not the same as enough to usefully charge storage. Also: 2017.