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Thats coz when we max out renewables 40% of electricity still comes from gas. Theres literally zero point in storage until renewable generation starts edging to
by pydry 4y ago
Thats coz when we max out renewables 40% of electricity still comes from gas. Theres literally zero point in storage until renewable generation starts edging towards 100% at least sometimes.
Investment has started though - there's coire glas, which is taking about 5 years to build. 5 more of them and we could go 99% renewable on solar and wind alone.
- makomk 4y agoA substantial proportion of renewable capacity is already lost to curtailment in the UK, and supposedly this could be reduced by storage. This happens well before renewable generation hits 100% even some of the time for various reasons (transmission capacity bottlenecks, the need for a certain amount of dispatchable power to ensure grid stability, and so on).