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> Generation tech has outpaced the storage tech for a few years It's more like storage tech went nowhere for decades. > and now we are getting pathological ca
by brazzy 3y ago
> Generation tech has outpaced the storage tech for a few years
It's more like storage tech went nowhere for decades.
> and now we are getting pathological cases like this cropping up from time to time.
It's not pathological at all to have more generation capacity than you can use when the source varies so much. It's just reality.
- jandrese 3y agoEven just 20 years ago renewable generation was barely a blip on the national power grid, because they were so expensive as to be completely impractical. Our era of affordable solar is less than a decade old. No demand for storage meant no activity in the market, hence the lag now that wind and solar have become so cheap that everybody can install it.