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Based on my limited current understanding, pumped/mechanical storage is not going to get us to 100% solar/wind. Pumped storage is great, but we need some baseli
by klysm 3y ago
Based on my limited current understanding, pumped/mechanical storage is not going to get us to 100% solar/wind. Pumped storage is great, but we need some baseline generation
- 1letterunixname 3y agoStrawman: you're conflating and confusing energy storage with generation. They're entirely different. Texas alone deployed multiple multiples of 100's MW solar generation facilities that kept the lights on during the hottest heatwave in a century. Renewables account for 1/3 of all energy produced in the world now. Decarbonization of most major centralized pollution sources is achievable within 15 years. And wherever there is a hydroelectric generation dam, there is also a "battery" that can run generators in reverse for PES, e.g., it is both generation and storage.
- klysm 3y agoI am not conflating storage with generation. I am saying that mechanical storage is insufficient to fill the dips in renewable generation.