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Sadly, wind has much better capacity factor, and works during nights and winter.
by KptMarchewa 3y ago
Sadly, wind has much better capacity factor, and works during nights and winter.
- intrasight 3y agoWhy sad?
- zardo 3y agoGetting the wrong ratio of installed green power generation means less CO2 reduction per dollar invested.
- intrasight 3y agoMarkets are imperfect - even more so when government subsidies play a major role. Wind will play a growing role.
- datameta 3y agoAccording to the charts, battery storage seems to be growing roughly in parity.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoBattery storage does not help with seasonal differences.
- datameta 3y agoThat's why it's important to have a have both solar and wind, because in this case wind generates more power in the winter.
- darknavi 3y agoThis forecast has wind up as well, just not as much as solar.
- recursive 3y agoThere's room for both. Solar works when the wind is calm. It's probably good to be diversified.
- pydry 3y agoThey actually anticorrelate, significantly reducing the amount of storage required when paired.
- lm28469 3y agoSadly wind doesn't blow as hard during the night anyways
- Panino 3y agoWind is my favorite generation source and we need much more of it, but I can say that my rooftop solar in USDA Zone 5 (colder than most of the US) produced a net-surplus of energy for my all-electric house in December. So it's pretty good. Saying that solar "doesn't work" in winter is some mix of lazy, factually wrong, and unsubstantive. I've also got some standalone panels out in the yard right now hooked up to an LFP battery that I haul out there most days. Solar is awesome and I'm thinking about the best ways to expand.
- pfdietz 3y agoWind has a less aggressive experience curve than solar, so it's probably headed for secondary status in a renewable world. Places like India are probably going to get by with very little wind. This is bad news for high latitude energy-intensive industries.