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That depends on where you live, and 80% of the worlds population lives in places where overbuilding enough storage _with current technology_ is still cheaper th
by Turskarama 4y ago
That depends on where you live, and 80% of the worlds population lives in places where overbuilding enough storage _with current technology_ is still cheaper than nuclear.
For that last 20%, building more grid connections towards the equator is again still cheaper than nuclear.
- ianburrell 4y agoAlso, the overbuilt solar and wind solution is better in other ways. It gives extra, dispatchable capacity which can be used for things like extracting CO2, and making hydrogen. Those will be important, and made fuels could be storage mechanism. It is likely better to use gas peaker plants for rare times without renewables and extract the CO2 later when sun is shining.
- natmaka 4y agoSome gas turbines can now burn (green) hydrogen. Germany deploys those beasts. https://www.ge.com/gas-power/future-of-energy/hydrogen-fueled-gas-turbines https://www.ge.com/gas-power/future-of-energy/hydrogen-fuele...