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Storage is certainly not harder to build than nuclear power plants. Power-to-Gas is technologically quite straightforward. The research that's currently happeni
by adrianN 4y ago
Storage is certainly not harder to build than nuclear power plants. Power-to-Gas is technologically quite straightforward. The research that's currently happening is just to make it cheaper until we have enough renewables for grid-scale storage to make sense. The really hard part of becoming carbon neutral is the sectors other than electricity, e.g. heating and transportation, but nuclear power won't help you there.
- depressedpanda 4y agoWhy do you think fission can't help with heating? Heat is one of the by-products of running a reactor. E.g.: https://www.wsj.com/articles/nuclear-power-could-heat-your-home-cogeneration-district-heating-energy-steam-china-ap1000-11657734413?mod=latest_headlines https://www.wsj.com/articles/nuclear-power-could-heat-your-h... https://www.powermag.com/district-heating-supply-from-nuclear-power-plants/ https://www.powermag.com/district-heating-supply-from-nuclea...
- adrianN 4y agoBecause the problematic part is switching millions and millions of buildings from gas and oil to either heat pumps or district heating, not generating heat or electricity.
- manmal 4y agoPower to gas (incl reverse) is terribly lossy right now.
- adrianN 4y agoSurplus renewable electricity is incredibly cheap. Losses matter a lot less than the cost of the infrastructure you need for storage. Batteries have great efficiency, but they're not cheap. We already have a bunch of infrastructure that can handle gas.