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Search for “duck curve.” The problem is lack of cheap storage. A secondary system of mostly gas turbine generation has to ramp up when the sun goes down. As it
by api 3y ago
Search for “duck curve.” The problem is lack of cheap storage. A secondary system of mostly gas turbine generation has to ramp up when the sun goes down. As it stands every day at dusk California experiences the equivalent of around 10 nuclear power plants shutting down. (I guess in reality it’s one big fusion power plant going offline…)