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>Electric networks need to provide exactly as much power as demmanded at any point in time to remain stable. Great, so what do we do when the sun isn't shining
by thrown_22 4y ago
>Electric networks need to provide exactly as much power as demmanded at any point in time to remain stable.
Great, so what do we do when the sun isn't shining, the wind isn't blowing and the dams are empty? Just have a second grid worth of gas plants which we turn on once every two weeks for shits and giggles?
- _ph_ 4y agoThe same what I am doing when all the nuclear power plants are down. In fact this isn't going to happen and there needs to be enough fungible capacity both internally and in the European grid. Right now, France is highly dependent on the grid, as 50% of the nuclear plants are down.
- dane-pgp 4y ago> a second grid worth of gas plants which we turn on once every two weeks What if it just requires keeping the existing plants around, and turning them on for 6 hours every 8 weeks, for example? Yes, that's not 100% renewable, but it gets electricity production to 99% renewable, and that other 1% you can mitigate by doing power-to-gas / direct-air-capture.