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Why would anyone build a solar-only grid?
by eqvinox 1y ago
Why would anyone build a solar-only grid?
- pydry 1y agoNobody would, but the nuclear and carbon lobbies like to use straw men models - combining things like laptop batteries with solar to "prove that you cant live without them" and these models leak into public discourse. A fully green energy grid would most cost effectively comprise of: * Solar (generally strongest when wind is low, ~5x cheaper per kwh than nuclear power) * Wind (generally strongest when sun is low, ~5x cheaper than nuclear power) * Large scale interconnected grids to offset intermittency. * Batteries and pumped storage for short term storage (~90% roundtrip efficiency but expensive to store long term) * Syngas for seasonal storage (~50% roundtrip efficiency but cheap to store long term).