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> Yes. The grid needs to be expanded by 1.5 - 2.5x no matter what to electrify society and industry. It is unclear that the grid needs to expand by that much i
by chickenbig 1y ago
> Yes. The grid needs to be expanded by 1.5 - 2.5x no matter what to electrify society and industry.
It is unclear that the grid needs to expand by that much if energy is consumed close to where it is produced, or if energy can be consumed at a less variable rate.
> It also not like the current renewable supply will stop existing.
There are examples of generation technologies getting dropped from the grid (by bans).
> Not because they inherently are expensive.
Before the crunch CCGTs were perhaps $1B/GW ($.7B/GW to $1.15B/GW for peakers according to Lazard 2024). So the $1B for backup isn't enough.