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There is no "equivalent wind power". They perform different roles on the grid.
by u320 4y ago
There is no "equivalent wind power". They perform different roles on the grid.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoYes, and it's probably cheaper to emulate that role with other tech. Not sure the contract would allow for it though.
- finikytou 4y agoyes this is what led us to the current war... relying on other tech.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoYes, that's what all the people who like fossil fuels and Putin say anyway. But everyone else has responded by accelerating the renewable plans that those same Putin and Fossil apologists kept blocking for whatever reason, so it might work out okay in the end. Would have been nice just to have 4 decades of sensible climate action, cleaner air, healthier citizens, less terrorism, cheaper energy, warmer homes and no-one threatening to nuke Europe when they lose an Illegal war of conquest of part of it though.
- finikytou 4y agou do understand that most of the "renewable" model is to use gas/coal when there isnt wind or sun? guess who backed it... putin, biden and all the others ones that did not have nuclear as their main tech
- adrianN 4y agoNo the model is to have energy storage and phase out all fossil fuels. Using gas peakers is an intermediate step, but the plan is not to increase the amount of gas used, but instead to electrify processes that currently use gas (e.g. heating).
- finikytou 4y agoim highly interested. how do you store energy on a worldwide scale? what kind of technology will you use for storage and what are the implications of building/maintaining those storage facilities.
- adrianN 4y agoFrom what I hear there are several options, most promising seems to be a combination of some sort of batteries for buffering a few hours at most and Hydrogen for seasonal storage. Googling will probably provide you with several studies on how to do stable grids with 100% renewables, I know I've seen at least two in the past.
- finikytou 4y agook what do you need (in terms of materials) to build a battery to store such energy and what would it like on a global scale? once you found the answer you might not want to call it renewable energy except if child labor in lithium mines and rare minerals from china are renewable.
- adrianN 4y agoWait until you figure out what the alternatives require...
- mrguyorama 4y agoThe only reason this stuff is done in china instead of better places is because everywhere else Oil and Gas CEOs get to chime in for some damn reason.