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I'm not talking about new builds. New builds in developed countries can be 100% renewable because there's enough installed non-renewable capacity available as
by triceratops 2y ago
I'm not talking about new builds.
New builds in developed countries can be 100% renewable because there's enough installed non-renewable capacity available as fallback. Developing countries don't have that.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoYou just answered your own question. Developing nations aren't at 100% renewable because they already have a large amount of installed non-renewables.
- triceratops 2y agoErr...no. Developing countries tend to not have a large amount of anything. Definitionally they're poor and under-resourced. If their economies are growing, the grids are constantly playing catch-up with demand. Otherwise they're in a state of managed decline, or are an actual dumpster fire. Whatever the case may be, the one thing they don't have is reliable base generation capability. A safety net for when renewables can't produce enough.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoArg, typo. Developing -> Developed in my original comment.
- triceratops 2y agoGotcha. That's also why developing countries can't go 100% renewable.