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Right now renewables scale with gas turbines. Yes, there is some investment in batteries, but due to how the market is structured, they are either equivalent o
by p_l 2y ago
Right now renewables scale with gas turbines.
Yes, there is some investment in batteries, but due to how the market is structured, they are either equivalent of local large scale UPS, or mainly operate grid frequency stabilization while fossil fuel plants spin up or down (some of the "spin down" support can be also done with modern wind turbines, as they can operate as "sinks" on energy).
Unless we reset the way energy market operates in EU to prioritize dispatchable-but-fossil-free[1], I think we won't see neither proper nuclear resurgence, nor appropriate battery build up.
[1] My personal idea is that we should promote and prioritize sources that offer stable and dispatchable power without emissions. Such conditions would be fulfilled both by nuclear and renewables combined with energy storage, promoting build up of energy storage.
- boxed 2y agoYou're not up to date anymore I'm afraid. Two-three years ago your comment would be correct, but things change FAST in this area. Grid-level battery has changed a lot. Look at this graph: https://archive.ph/Vj2py https://archive.ph/Vj2py
- lioeters 2y agoThat's a great link about what's happening with grid-scale battery storage ("giant batteries the size of shipping containers"), supporting solar and wind power replace other source of energy in states like California, Arizona, Texas, Florida.
- p_l 2y agoSorry, should have been more specific about location (thought it was implied from topic of discussion regarding EU Parliament). But as it is now, that's not something that is happening in EU, as far as I know. Some of the more recent projects turned out to have a tendency to go on fire. As for USA, I have no idea how well it works out, as USA seems to have wildly different market setup than EU. My usual sources show under 1% for California.