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Solar (and wind) power is great for powering AC in Spain during the summer but sucks for reliably heating homes in Scandinavia in the winter. That's why we in S
by zgluck 3y ago
Solar (and wind) power is great for powering AC in Spain during the summer but sucks for reliably heating homes in Scandinavia in the winter. That's why we in Sweden used to have enough nuclear power combined with hydro to heat the entire country in a co2 clean manner.
Then the greens destroyed the nuclear reactors before their EOL in a collaboration with the social democrats, the "ex" communists, etc.
Now we're rebuilding that nuclear capacity.
- teamonkey 3y agoWinters in Northern Europe are notorious for their lack of wind
- Scoundreller 3y agoCan’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not. I will say that winds and heating requirements are somewhat correlated, so having some wind production helps balance supply & demand. (Wind will increase convective and conductive heat losses).
- zgluck 3y agoThey were not being sarcastic. When it gets cold up here the wind power production tends to be low. I have no idea why; complex weather patterns are involved. And the solar energy production is obviously minimal.
- andromeduck 3y agoSnow cover increases surface albedo which reduces the day/night temperature differentials that drive wind. Static cloud cover has the same effect.
- teamonkey 3y agoFor the record I was being sarcastic. If you check the power generation stats for Sweden[1] you’ll see that wind generation was generally higher in winter months than Summer. [1] https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/SE-SE2 https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/SE-SE2
- paddim8 3y agoWe still have enough despite the greens worsening it. Sweden was the largest electricity exporter in Europe during the energy crisis, despite its size. Don't exaggerate.