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100% solar/wind/storage grid is entirely realizable in California using existing technology. It will require major infrastructure and manufacturing investment,
by photochemsyn 4y ago
100% solar/wind/storage grid is entirely realizable in California using existing technology. It will require major infrastructure and manufacturing investment, unless people think relying on China-based supply chains is still a good idea for something as fundamental as the energy supply.
https://www.nrel.gov/analysis/los-angeles-100-percent-renewable-study.html https://www.nrel.gov/analysis/los-angeles-100-percent-renewa...
Note the reason nuclear isn't being considered is mostly that you'll get more GWH per billion spent on solar/wind/storage than you will per billion spent on any new nuclear facility (which would take at least ten years to build anyway, by most estimates).