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Can you build out enough capacity that the lowest wind conditions during nighttime in winter don't cause outages? I worry about distribution as the answer due
by galangalalgol 4y ago
Can you build out enough capacity that the lowest wind conditions during nighttime in winter don't cause outages? I worry about distribution as the answer due to the vulnerability of our existing power distribution infrastructure. Do we have answers for that yet? We need them in any case I suppose unless you build out local storage to such an extent that you don't need any grid at all even in the coldest winter or hottest summer.
- pfdietz 4y agoYou can back up the entire grid with combustion turbines burning hydrogen or some other e-fuel. A simple cycle combustion turbine power plant costs $500/kW, 20x cheaper than a nuclear plant ($10,000/kW).
- galangalalgol 4y agoThen don't you have to store the hydrogen somehow? Aren't we still working on that too?
- pfdietz 4y agoIt can be stored underground, just like millions of tonnes of natural gas already is.