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I don't doubt renewables and batteries to be able to handle say day or two of power demand in most scenarios... Question really become about seasonal handling.
by Ekaros 2y ago
I don't doubt renewables and batteries to be able to handle say day or two of power demand in most scenarios... Question really become about seasonal handling. Specially if we move heating from fossils to electricity even with heat pumps.
Doing the seasonal bit at scale in whole Western world(not just select blessed locations). Seems very far. At least if anything closing reasonable costs per kwh spend during low production times is considered.
- pfdietz 2y agoSeasonal leveling would be done by combining solar/wind (which tend to have opposite seasonality) and by use of overprovisioning and production of e-fuels, like hydrogen. To see how this would work, go to https://model.energy/ https://model.energy/ and find optimal solutions for synthesized constant output using solar, wind, batteries, and hydrogen storage. The cost optimizing solutions are found vs. real historical weather data.