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> Ah yes ye olde 4 hours of storage quotes from the Li(a)zard People. Hope you don't run into one of those 3 week wind lulls or anything. This is why you have
by nl 4y ago
> Ah yes ye olde 4 hours of storage quotes from the Li(a)zard People. Hope you don't run into one of those 3 week wind lulls or anything.
This is why you have a blend of solar, wind and HVEC transmission lines across windzones!
Rolling blackouts (which is the kind of thing that batteries prevent) average less than 2 hours across the US and Europe, so 4 hours is great.
Did you know that the measured availability rates for non-renewable technologies is as follows:
> Historical estimates of 1−EFORd for competing technologies are 89.7%, 92.0%, and 97.3% for natural gas, coal, and nuclear plants, respectively.[1]
[1] https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(19)30300-9#secsectitle0040 https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(19)30300-9#se...