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That'd be great if it could absorb the surplus, but right now at 12GW production it is curtailed at 0.29 GW. This means neither pumped storage, nor batteries, n
by BenoitP 2y ago
That'd be great if it could absorb the surplus, but right now at 12GW production it is curtailed at 0.29 GW. This means neither pumped storage, nor batteries, nor exports can deal with it.
On one hand it might create a new market, hopefully H2 electrolysis that replaces coal or gas in industrial processes rather than Bitcoin farms. On the other it also signals that any additional Solar is going to evict about as much capacity into such curtailments.
Anyway, California is the record-breaking market and all eyes are on it to helps us guide the global energy future.
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- audunw 2y agoI think this will be solved by decarbonisation of heat intensive industries. There’s some very good thermal storage battery solutions now, that can store thermal energy at hundreds of degrees C for a very long time. So once there’s enough of this excess energy you’ll start to see industry soaking up as much of it as they can get. If you “only” need ~200°C there’s some very powerful heat pumps entering the market that can give you more than 100% efficiency.