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well to be fair, _large scale_ storage is also far from being a solved problem. Renewables are already exceptionally good to create energy and even getting more
by anonyfox 4y ago
well to be fair, _large scale_ storage is also far from being a solved problem. Renewables are already exceptionally good to create energy and even getting more efficient… but the „on-demand“ part is the difficult one.
Fusion might just be the clean „baseline“ supply we need
- adrianN 4y agoHydrogen is a proven, scalable technology for storing large amounts of energy. Power sources with high capex like nuclear and (presumably) fusion are incompatible with variable generation like renewables. Running them only makes economic sense when you run them at 100% all the time.