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This is a completely predictable outcome of an energy policy that pretends that intermittent power generation is substitutable for dispatchable power generation
by gwright 3y ago
This is a completely predictable outcome of an energy policy that pretends that intermittent power generation is substitutable for dispatchable power generation. Also related to a distributed energy system (diesel/gasoline) vs a centralized system (electrical grid).
- panarky 3y agoTesla claims they've solved both the intermittancy of renewable energy and bursty demand patterns with grid-scale solutions like Megapack. There's no excuse for running diesel generators.
- gwright 3y agoYeah no. I don't think Tesla makes that claim and if they do they are wrong. Megapack does not provide long term grid-scale energy storage that is required to remove dispachable generation from the grid. If you can't remove dispachable generation because you need it to back up the intermittent generation then you've successfully increased your cost of energy considerably because you have to build and maintain two systems. Take a look at Germany for example or I think maybe trends in Australia. You get legislate away dispachable generation as much as you want but until someone solves the energy storage problem you are just creating more problems tha you solve (unreliable and very expensive energy grid).